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crow's foot, ˈcrow's-foot
1. One of the small wrinkles formed by age or anxiety round the outer corner of the eye, ‘thought to resemble the impression of the feet of crows’ (Todd). Now commonly in pl.
c1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 354 So longe mot ye lyue and alle prowde, Till crowes feet ben growen vnder youre eye. [1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Dec. 136 By myne eie the Crow his clawe dooth wright.] 1579Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 55 When the black Crowes foote shall appeare in their eye. 1611Florio, Crespatura..a wrinkling, a withering, as we say a Crowes-foote in a womans face. 1849E. E. Napier Excurs. S. Africa II. 79, I begin already to see a few crows feet about the corner of my eyes. 1884Rider Haggard Dawn xvii, The bloodshot eyes and the puckered crow's-feet beneath them.
†2. Naut. = crow-foot 4. Obs.
1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. v. 19 Dead mens eyes are blocks..the Crowes-feet reeued thorow them are a many of small lines. 1806Gregory Dict. Arts & Sc. I. 459 Crow's feet..scarcely of any other use than to make a shew of small rigging.
3. Mil. A caltrop; = crowfoot 6.
1772T. Simes Mil. Guide, Crows-feet, an iron of four points..used against cavalry. 1884Daily News 15 Sept. 5/3 One implement of war of which the British soldier is not proud..is the ‘crow's-foot’.
4. a. A three-pointed figure in embroidery.
1879Uniform Reg. in Navy List July (1882) 497/1 Crow's foot of round gold cord on sleeve.
b. A mark or symbol resembling a bird's foot.
1871Scribner's Monthly II. 502 [A chart] adorned at this point by the crowsfeet that call for a chain of mountains.
c. Textiles. (See quots.)
1948J. T. Marsh Textile Sci. xiv. 300 Creases should not be allowed to form or they will tend to become fixed in the cloth and form ‘crows' feet marks’. 1957Textile Terms & Defs. (ed. 3) 35 Crowsfeet, undesirable creases, particularly in crêpe fabrics, that prevent the production of a uniform surface appearance. 1962J. T. Marsh Self-smoothing Fabrics ii. 8 A heat-setting process had a stabilising effect and prevented the subsequent formation of a multiplicity of little wrinkles or crow's-feet marks when the fabric was relaxed.
5. Mech. (See quot.)
1874Knight Dict. Mech., Crow's-foot. 1. (Well-boring.) A bent hook adapted to engage the shoulder or collar on a drill-rod or well-tube while lowering it into a well or drilled shaft, or to hold the same while a section above it is being attached or detached.
Hence ˈcrow's-footed, crowsfooted ppl. a., marked with crow's-feet round the eyes.
1831T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle i, Whose physiognomy..blighted, sallowed, and crow's footed. 1864Sala in Daily Tel. 26 Feb., This dark face, strongly marked, livid and crowsfooted. |