crowlingn.1
The action or result of crowl v.
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1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 36 His bely maketh a great crowlynge.
1704 Dict. Rusticum Crowling, this Distemper in Cattle, is call'd by some, the Crying of the Gutts, and Fretting thereof, the signs whereof are, the Flux of the Belly, with great abundance of Phlegm.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
crowlingn.2
/ˈkrəʊlɪŋ/ A little or young crow.There is no evidence of continuity of use between the examples given here.
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1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 327 A more vaine Crowling..then that Iack-Daw, which Æsop describes.
1887 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 705 He is..ready in a grandmotherly way to think all his crowlings white.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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