noun

• (now rare, slang) Someone who keeps watch while their associates commit a crime; a lookout.
  "“Ay,” put in a young man, who had the reputation of being the smartest “crow” in London—“‘fishers of men,’ as the parson says.”"
• (historical) A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.
• (among butchers) The mesentery of an animal.
• (derogatory) An ill-tempered and obstinate woman, or one who otherwise has features resembling the bird; a harpy.
  "But it helps a man along to have a wife he can be proud of. Suppose you marry some old crow. People point at her and ask, 'Who is that death's head yonder?'"

adj

• (uncommon) Dark black, the color of a crow; crow-black.
  ""Though her her crow hair is lovely and wavy, she loathes it and craves yellow locks. Since she saw Hugh, she's given me no peace.” Sheffield's square , good-looking face shaped a grimace."

verb

• (intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.
  "Yet once me thought it [the ghost of Hamlet's father] was about to ſpeake, / And lifted vp his head to motion, / Like as he would ſpeake, but euen the / The morning cocke crew lowd, and in all haſte / It ſhrunke in haſte away, and vaniſhed / Our ſight."
• (intransitive) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
  "He’s been crowing all day about winning the game of cards."
• (intransitive, music) To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.

name

• (linguistics) The Siouan language of this tribe.