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单词 crow-bill
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crow-billn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcrow-bill.
1. A plant. Obsolete.
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14.. Gl. Sloane 5 in Sax. Leechd. III. 320/2 Crowe pil, acus muscata minor.
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Crouwepil, the herb crane-bill.
2. Surgery. (Also crow's bill.) A forceps for extracting bullets or other foreign bodies from wounds.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instruments for extracting foreign bodies
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bec de corbin..a Chirurgions toole, called a Crowes-bill.
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. 440 Plucke it out with your crane or crowes bill.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 400/2 Another Instrument of a Chyrurgion, termed a Crow-Bill.
1880 R. Browning Dramatic Idyls 2nd Ser. 99 But who wields the crozier, down may fling the crow-bill.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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