CRIZZEL — CROW-TOE

CRIZZEL — CROW-TOE NWAD CRIZZEL.1

CRIZZEL, CRIZZELING, n. [See Crisp.] A kind of roughness on the surface of glass, which clouds its transparency. NWAD CRIZZEL.1

CROAK, v.i. [L. G. See Crow.] NWAD CROAK.1

1. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog or other animal. NWAD CROAK.2

2. To caw; to cry as a raven or crow. NWAD CROAK.3

3. To make any low, muttering sound, resembling that of a frog or raven; as, their bellies croak. NWAD CROAK.4

4. In contempt, to speak with a low, hollow voice. NWAD CROAK.5

CROAK, n. The low, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound. NWAD CROAK.6

CROAKER, n. One that croaks, murmurs or grumbles; one who complains unreasonably. NWAD CROAKER.1

CROAKING, ppr. Uttering a low, harsh sound from the throat, or other similar sound. NWAD CROAKING.1

CROAKING, n. A low, harsh sound, as of a frog, or the bowels. NWAD CROAKING.2

CROATS, n. Troops, natives or Croatia. NWAD CROATS.1

CROCALITE, n. A mineral, a variety of zeolite, of an orange or brick red color. It is sometimes found in reniform or globular masses, with a radiated texture. NWAD CROCALITE.1

CROCEOUS, a. [L.] Like saffron; yellow; consisting of saffron. NWAD CROCEOUS.1

CROCHES, n. Little buds or knobs about the tops of a deers horn. NWAD CROCHES.1

CROCITATION, n. [L.] A croaking. NWAD CROCITATION.1

CROCK, n. An earthen vessel; a pot or pitcher; a cup. NWAD CROCK.1

CROCK, n. Soot, or the black matter collected from combustion on pots and kettles, or in a chimney. NWAD CROCK.2

CROCK, v.t. or i. To black with soot, or other matter collected from combustion; or to black with the coloring matter of cloth. NWAD CROCK.3

CROCKERY, n. [See Crock.] Earthen ware; vessels formed of clay, glazed and baked. The term is applied to the coarser kinds of ware; the finer kinds being usually called china or porcelain. NWAD CROCKERY.1

CROCODILE, n. [Gr., saffron, and fearing. L.] NWAD CROCODILE.1

1. An amphibious animal of the genus Lacerta or lizard, of the largest kind. It has a naked body, with four feet and a tail; it has five toes on the fore feet, and four on the hind feet. It grows to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, runs swiftly on land, but does not easily turn itself. It inhabits the large rivers in Africa and Asia, and lays its eggs, resembling those of a goose, in the sand, to be hatched by the heat of the sun. [See Alligator.] NWAD CROCODILE.2

2. In rhetoric, a captious and sophistical argument contrived to draw one into a snare. NWAD CROCODILE.3

CROCODILE, a. Pertaining to or like a crocodile; as crocodile tears, that is, false or affected tears, hypocritical sorrow. NWAD CROCODILE.4

CROCUS, n. [Gr.] NWAD CROCUS.1

1. Saffron, a genus of plants. NWAD CROCUS.2

2. In chimistry, a yellow powder; any metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color. NWAD CROCUS.3

CROFT, n. [L., Gr., to conceal.] A little close adjoining or near to a dwelling house, and used for pasture, tillage or other purposes. NWAD CROFT.1

CROISADE, n. A holy war; an expedition of Christians against the infidels, for the conquest of Palestine. [See the more common word, Crusade.] NWAD CROISADE.1

CROISES, n. [See Cross.] NWAD CROISES.1

1. Soldiers enrolled under the banners of the cross. NWAD CROISES.2

2. Pilgrims who carry the cross. NWAD CROISES.3

CROKER, n. A fowl that inhabits the Chesapeak and the large rivers in Virginia; sometimes of three feet in length. NWAD CROKER.1

CROMLECH, n. Huge flat stones resting on other stones, set on end for that purpose; supposed to be the remains of druidical altars. NWAD CROMLECH.1

CRONE, n. [Gr., old.] NWAD CRONE.1

1. An old woman. NWAD CRONE.2

2. An old ewe. NWAD CRONE.3

CRONET, n. [coronet.] NWAD CRONET.1

1. The hair which grows over the top of a horses hoof. NWAD CRONET.2

2. The iron at the end of a tilting spade. NWAD CRONET.3

CRONICAL, CRONYCAL. [See Acronical.] NWAD CRONICAL.1

CRONY, n. [See Crone. But this word seems to carry the sense of fellowship; to join, to associate; whence its derivative, an associate.] An intimate companion; an associate; a familiar friend. NWAD CRONY.1

To oblige your crony Swift, bring our dame a new years gift. NWAD CRONY.2

Hence, an old crony is an intimate friend of long standing. NWAD CRONY.3

CROOK, n. [G., the back, or ridge of an animal. L., a wrinkle, a circle; rough, hoarse. The radical sense of crook is to strain or draw; hence, to bend.] NWAD CROOK.1

1. Any bend, turn or curve; or a bent or curving instrument. We speak of a crook in a stick of timber, or in a river; and any hook is a crook. NWAD CROOK.2

2. A shepherd staff, curving at the end; a pastoral staff. When used by a bishop or abbot, it is called a crosier. NWAD CROOK.3

He left his crook, he left his flocks. NWAD CROOK.4

3. A gibbet. NWAD CROOK.5

4. An artifice; a trick. NWAD CROOK.6

CROOK, v.t. NWAD CROOK.7

1. To bend; to turn from a straight line; to make a curve or hook. NWAD CROOK.8

2. To turn from rectitude; to pervert. NWAD CROOK.9

3. To thwart. [Little used.] NWAD CROOK.10

CROOK, v.i. To bend or be bent; to be turned from a right line; to curve; to wind. NWAD CROOK.11

CROOK-BACK, n. A crooked back; one who has a crooked back or round shoulders. NWAD CROOK-BACK.1

CROOK-BACKED, a. Having a round back, or shoulders. NWAD CROOK-BACKED.1

CROOKED, pp. or a. NWAD CROOKED.1

1. Bent; curved; curving; winding. NWAD CROOKED.2

2. Winding in moral conduct; devious; froward; perverse; going out of the path of rectitude; given to obliquity or wandering from duty. NWAD CROOKED.3

They are a perverse and crooked generation. Deuteronomy 32:5. NWAD CROOKED.4

CROOKEDLY, adv. NWAD CROOKEDLY.1

1. In a winding manner. NWAD CROOKEDLY.2

2. Untowardly; not compliantly. NWAD CROOKEDLY.3

CROOKEDNESS, n. NWAD CROOKEDNESS.1

1. A winding, bending or turning; curvity; curvature; inflection. NWAD CROOKEDNESS.2

2. Perverseness; untowardness; deviation from rectitude; iniquity; obliquity of conduct. NWAD CROOKEDNESS.3

3. Deformity of a gibbous body. NWAD CROOKEDNESS.4

CROOKEN, v.t. To make crooked. [Not in use.] NWAD CROOKEN.1

CROOKING, ppr. Bending; winding. NWAD CROOKING.1

CROOK-KNEED, a. Having crooked knees. NWAD CROOK-KNEED.1

CROOK-SHOULDERED, a. Having bent shoulders. NWAD CROOK-SHOULDERED.1

CROOP, CROUP, n. The disease called technically cynanche trachealis, and affection of the throat accompanied with a hoarse difficult respiration. It is vulgarly called rattles. NWAD CROOP.1

CROP, n. [G., L. The crop of a fowl, and a crop of grain or hay are consistently the same word.] NWAD CROP.1

1. The first stomach of a fowl; the craw. NWAD CROP.2

2. The top or highest part of a thing; the end. [Not in use.] NWAD CROP.3

3. That which is gathered; the corn, or fruits of the earth collected; harvest. The word includes every species of fruit or produce, gathered for man or beast. NWAD CROP.4

4. Corn and other cultivated plants while growing; a popular use of the word. NWAD CROP.5

5. Any thing cut off or gathered. NWAD CROP.6

6. Hair cut close or short. NWAD CROP.7

CROP, v.t. NWAD CROP.8

1. To cut off the ends of any thing; to eat off; to pull off; to pluck; to mow; to reap; as, to crop flowers, trees, or grass. Man crops trees or plants with an instrument, or with his fingers; a beast crops with his teeth. NWAD CROP.9

2. To cut off prematurely; to gather before it falls. NWAD CROP.10

While force our youth, like fruits, untimely crops. NWAD CROP.11

CROP, v.i. To yield harvest. [Not in use.] NWAD CROP.12

CROP-EAR, n. [crop and ear.] A horse whose ears are cropped. NWAD CROP-EAR.1

CROP-EARED, a. Having the ears cropped. NWAD CROP-EARED.1

CROPFUL, a. Having a full crop or belly; satiated. NWAD CROPFUL.1

CROPPED, CROPT, pp. Cut off; plucked; eaten off; reaped, or mowed. NWAD CROPPED.1

CROPPER, n. A pigeon with a large crop. NWAD CROPPER.1

CROPPING, ppr. Cutting off; pulling off; eating off; reaping, or mowing. NWAD CROPPING.1

CROPPING, n. NWAD CROPPING.2

1. The act of cutting off. NWAD CROPPING.3

2. The raising of crops. NWAD CROPPING.4

CROP-SICK, a. Sick or indisposed from a surcharged stomach; sick with excess in eating or drinking. NWAD CROP-SICK.1

CROP-SICKNESS, n. Sickness from repletion of the stomach. L. NWAD CROP-SICKNESS.1

CROSIER, n. NWAD CROSIER.1

1. A bishop crook or pastoral staff, a symbol of pastoral authority and care. It consists of a gold or silver staff, crooked at the top, and is carried occasionally before bishops and abbots, and held in the hand when they give solemn benedictions. The use of crosiers is ancient. Originally a crosier was a staff with a cross on the top, in form of a crutch or T. NWAD CROSIER.2

2. In astronomy, four stars in the southern hemisphere, in the form of a cross. NWAD CROSIER.3

CROSLET, n. [See Cross.] A small cross. In heraldry, a cross crossed at a small distance from the ends. NWAD CROSLET.1

CROSS, n. [G., L.] NWAD CROSS.1

1. A gibbet consisting of two pieces of timber placed across each other, either in form of a T or of an X. That on which our Savior suffered, is represented on coins and other monuments, to have been of the former kind. NWAD CROSS.2

2. The ensign of the Christian religion; and hence figuratively, the religion itself. NWAD CROSS.3

3. A monument with a cross upon it to excite devotion, such as were anciently set in market places. NWAD CROSS.4

4. Any thing in the form of a cross or gibbet. NWAD CROSS.5

5. A line drawn through another. NWAD CROSS.6

6. Any thing that thwarts, obstructs, or perplexes; hindrance; vexation; misfortune; opposition; trial of patience. NWAD CROSS.7

Heaven prepares good men with crosses. NWAD CROSS.8

7. Money or coin stamped with the figure of a cross. NWAD CROSS.9

8. The right side or face of a coin, stamped with a cross. NWAD CROSS.10

9. The mark of a cross, instead of a signature, on a deed, formerly impressed by those who could not write. NWAD CROSS.11

10. Church lands in Ireland. NWAD CROSS.12

11. In theology, the suffering of Christ by crucifixion. NWAD CROSS.13

That he might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross. Ephesians 2:16. NWAD CROSS.14

12. The doctrine of Christs sufferings and of the atonement, or of salvation by Christ. NWAD CROSS.15

The preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness. 1 Corinthians 1:18; Galatians 5:11. NWAD CROSS.16

To take up the cross, is to submit to troubles and afflictions from love to Christ. NWAD CROSS.17

13. In mining, two nicks cut in the surface of the earth, thus +. NWAD CROSS.18

Cross and pile, a play with money, at which it is put to chance whether a coin shall fall with that side up, which bears the cross, or the other which is called pile or reverse. NWAD CROSS.19

CROSS, a. NWAD CROSS.20

1. Transverse; oblique; passing from side to side; falling athwart; as a cross beam. NWAD CROSS.21

The cross refraction of a second prism. NWAD CROSS.22

2. Adverse; opposite; obstructing; sometimes with to; as an event cross to our inclinations. NWAD CROSS.23

3. Perverse; untractable; as the cross circumstances of a man’s temper. NWAD CROSS.24

4. Peevish; fretful; ill-humored; applied to persons or things; as a cross woman or husband; a cross answer. NWAD CROSS.25

5. Contrary; contradictory; perplexing. NWAD CROSS.26

Contradictions that seem to lie cross and uncouth. NWAD CROSS.27

6. Adverse; unfortunate. NWAD CROSS.28

Behold the cross and unlucky issue of my design. NWAD CROSS.29

7. Interchanged; as a cross marriage, when a brother and sister intermarry with two persons who have the same relation to each other. NWAD CROSS.30

8. Noting what belongs to an adverse party; as a cross interrogatory. NWAD CROSS.31

CROSS, prep. Athwart; transversely; over; from side to side; so as to intersect. NWAD CROSS.32

This is admissible in poetry, as an abbreviation of across. NWAD CROSS.33

CROSS, v.t. NWAD CROSS.34

1. To draw or run a line, or lay a body across another; as, to cross a word in writing; to cross the arms. NWAD CROSS.35

2. To erase; to cancel; as, to cross an account. NWAD CROSS.36

3. To make the sign of the cross, as catholics in devotion. NWAD CROSS.37

4. To pass from side to side; to pass or move over; as, to cross a road; to cross a river, or the ocean. I crossed the English channel, from Dieppe to Brighton, in a steam-boat, Sept. 18, 1824. NWAD CROSS.38

5. To thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to embarrass; as, to cross a purpose or design. NWAD CROSS.39

6. To counteract; to clash or interfere with; to be inconsistent with; as, natural appetites may cross our principles. NWAD CROSS.40

7. To counteract or contravene; to hinder by authority; to stop. [See No. 5.] NWAD CROSS.41

8. To contradict. NWAD CROSS.42

9. To debar or preclude. NWAD CROSS.43

To cross the breed of an animal, is to produce young from different varieties of the species. NWAD CROSS.44

CROSS, v.i. NWAD CROSS.45

1. To lie or be athwart. NWAD CROSS.46

2. To move or pass laterally, or from one side towards the other, or from place to place, either at right angles or obliquely; as, to cross from Nantucket to New Bedford. NWAD CROSS.47

3. To be inconsistent; as, mens actions d not always cross with reason. NWAD CROSS.48

CROSS-ARMED, a. With arms across. In botany, brachiate; decussated; having branches in pairs, each at right angles with the next. NWAD CROSS-ARMED.1

CROSS-BARRED, a. Secured by transverse bars. NWAD CROSS-BARRED.1

CROSS-BAR-SHOT, n. A bullet with an iron bar passing through it, and standing out a few inches on each side; used in naval actions for cutting the enemys rigging. NWAD CROSS-BAR-SHOT.1

CROSS-BEARER, n. In the Romish church, the chaplain of an archbishop or primate, who bears a cross before him on solemn occasions. Also, a certain officer in the inquisition, who makes a vow before the inquisitors to defend the Catholic faith, though with the loss of fortune and life. NWAD CROSS-BEARER.1

CROSS-BILL, n. In chancery, an original bill by which the defendant prays relief against the plaintiff. NWAD CROSS-BILL.1

CROSS-BILL, n. A species of bird, the Loxia curvirostra, the mandibles of whose bill curve opposite ways and cross each other. NWAD CROSS-BILL.2

CROSS-BITE, n. A deception; a cheat. NWAD CROSS-BITE.1

CROSS-BITE, v.t. To thwart or contravene by deception. NWAD CROSS-BITE.2

CROSS-BOW, n. In archery, a missive weapon formed by placing a bow athwart a stock. NWAD CROSS-BOW.1

CROSS-BOWER, n. One who shoots with a cross-bow. NWAD CROSS-BOWER.1

CROSSCUT, v.t. To cut across. NWAD CROSSCUT.1

CROSSCUT-SAW, n. A saw managed by two men, one at each end. NWAD CROSSCUT-SAW.1

CROSSED, pp. Having a line drawn over; canceled; erased; passed over; thwarted; opposed; obstructed; counteracted. NWAD CROSSED.1

CROSS-EXAMINATION, n. The examination or interrogation of a witness called by one party, by the opposite party or his counsel. NWAD CROSS-EXAMINATION.1

CROSS-EXAMINE, v.t. To examine a witness by the opposite party or his counsel, as the witness for the plaintiff by the defendant, and vice versa. NWAD CROSS-EXAMINE.1

The opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses has been expressly waived. NWAD CROSS-EXAMINE.2

CROSS-EXAMINED, pp. Examined or interrogated by the opposite party. NWAD CROSS-EXAMINED.1

CROSS-FLOW, v.i. To flow across. NWAD CROSS-FLOW.1

CROSS-GRAINED, a. NWAD CROSS-GRAINED.1

1. Having the grain or fibers across or irregular; as in timber, where a branch shoots from the trunk, there is a curling of the grain. NWAD CROSS-GRAINED.2

2. Perverse; untractable; not condescending. NWAD CROSS-GRAINED.3

CROSSING, ppr. Drawing; running or passing a line over; erasing; canceling; thwarting; opposing; counteracting; passing over. NWAD CROSSING.1

CROSSING, n. A thwarting; impediment; vexation. NWAD CROSSING.2

CROSS-JACK, n. cro-jeck. A sail extended on the lower yard of the mizen mast; but seldom used. NWAD CROSS-JACK.1

CROSS-LEGGED, a. Having the legs across. NWAD CROSS-LEGGED.1

CROSSLY, adv. NWAD CROSSLY.1

1. Athwart; so as to intersect something else. NWAD CROSSLY.2

2. Adversely; in opposition; unfortunately. NWAD CROSSLY.3

3. Peevishly; fretfully. NWAD CROSSLY.4

CROSSNESS, n. Peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor; perverseness. NWAD CROSSNESS.1

CROSS-PIECE, n. A rail of timber extending over the windlass of a ship, furnished with pins with which to fasten the rigging, as occasion requires. NWAD CROSS-PIECE.1

CROSS-PURPOSE, n. A contrary purpose; contradictory system; also, a conversation in which one person does or pretends to misunderstand anothers meaning. An enigma; a riddle. NWAD CROSS-PURPOSE.1

CROSS-QUESTION, v.t. To cross examine. NWAD CROSS-QUESTION.1

CROSS-ROW, n. NWAD CROSS-ROW.1

1. The alphabet, so named because a cross is placed at the beginning, to show that the end of learning is piety. NWAD CROSS-ROW.2

2. A row that crosses others. NWAD CROSS-ROW.3

CROSS-SEA, n. Waves running across others; a swell running in different directions. NWAD CROSS-SEA.1

CROSS-STAFF, n. An instrument to take the altitude of the sun or stars. NWAD CROSS-STAFF.1

CROSS-STONE, n. A mineral called also harmotome, and staurolite. It is almost always in crystals. Its single crystals are rectangular four-sided prisms, broad or compressed, and terminated by four-sided pyramids, with rhombic faces, which stand on the lateral edges. But this mineral is generally found in double crystals, composed of two of the preceding crystals, so intersecting each other, that the broader planes of one prism are perpendicular to the broader planes of the other, throughout their whole length. Its color is a grayish white or milk white, sometimes with a shade of yellow or red. NWAD CROSS-STONE.1

CROSS-TINING, n. In husbandry, a harrowing by drawing the harrow or drag back and forth on the same ground. NWAD CROSS-TINING.1

CROSS-TREES, n. In ships, certain pieces of timber, supported by the cheeks and trestle-trees, at the upper ends of the lower masts, to sustain the frame of the top, and on the top masts, to extend the topgallant shrouds. NWAD CROSS-TREES.1

CROSS-WAY, CROSS-ROAD, n. A way or road that crosses another road or the chief road; an obscure path intersecting the main road. NWAD CROSS-WAY.1

CROSS-WIND, n. A side wind; an unfavorable wind. NWAD CROSS-WIND.1

CROSS-WISE, adv. Across; in the form of a cross. NWAD CROSS-WISE.1

CROSS-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Valantia. NWAD CROSS-WORT.1

CROTCH, n. [See Crook and Crutch.] NWAD CROTCH.1

1. A fork or forking; the parting of two legs or branches; as the crotch of a tree. NWAD CROTCH.2

2. In ships, a crooked timber placed on the keel, in the fore and aft parts of a ship. NWAD CROTCH.3

3. A piece of wood or iron, opening on the top and extending two horns or arms, like a half moon, used for supporting a boom, a spare topmast, yards, etc. NWAD CROTCH.4

CROTCHED, a. Having a crotch; forked. NWAD CROTCHED.1

CROTCHET, n. [See Crook.] NWAD CROTCHET.1

1. In printing, a hook including words, a sentence or a passage distinguished form the rest, thus [ ]. NWAD CROTCHET.2

2. In music, a note or character, equal in time to half a minim, and double of a quaver. NWAD CROTCHET.3

3. A piece of wood resembling a fork, used as a support in building. NWAD CROTCHET.4

4. A peculiar turn of the mind; a whim, or fancy; a perverse conceit. NWAD CROTCHET.5

All the devices and crotchets of new inventions. NWAD CROTCHET.6

CROTCHETED, a. Marked with crotchets. NWAD CROTCHETED.1

CROUCH, v.i. [G., to creep, to stoop, to cringe.] NWAD CROUCH.1

1. To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground; as an animal. A dog crouches to his master; a lion crouches in the thicket. NWAD CROUCH.2

2. To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe. NWAD CROUCH.3

Every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of bread. 1 Samuel 2:36. NWAD CROUCH.4

CROUCH, v.t. [See Cross.] To sign with the cross; to bless. [Not in use.] NWAD CROUCH.5

CROUCHING, ppr. Bending; stooping; cringing. NWAD CROUCHING.1

CROUP, CROOP, n. NWAD CROUP.1

1. The rump of a fowl; the buttocks of a horse, or extremity of the reins above the hips. NWAD CROUP.2

2. [See Croop.] The cynanche trachealis, a disease of the throat. NWAD CROUP.3

CROUPADE, CROOPADE, n. [from croup, or its root.] In the manege, a leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs, as if he drew them up to his belly. NWAD CROUPADE.1

CROUT, KROUT, n. [G., an herb.] Sour crout is made by laying minced or chopped cabbage in layers in a barrel, with a handful of salt and caraway seeds between the layers; then ramming down the whole, covering it, pressing it with a heavy weight, and suffering it to stand, till it has gone through fermentation. It is an efficacious preservative against scurvy in long voyages. NWAD CROUT.1

CROW, n. [G., L.] NWAD CROW.1

1. A large black fowl, of the genus Corvus; the beak is convex and cultrated, the nostrils are covered with bristly feathers, the tongue is forked and cartilaginous. This is a voracious fowl, feeding on carrion and grain, particularly maiz, which it pulls up, just after it appears above ground. NWAD CROW.2

To pluck or pull a crow, is to be industrious or contentious about a trifle, or thing of no value. NWAD CROW.3

2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook or two claws, used in raising and moving heavy weights. NWAD CROW.4

3. The voice of the cock. [See the Verb.] NWAD CROW.5

CROW, v.i. pret. and pp. crowed; formerly, pret. crew. [Gr. See the Noun.] NWAD CROW.6

1. To cry or make a noise as a cock, in joy, gaiety or defiance. NWAD CROW.7

2. To boast in triumph; to vaunt; to vapor; to swagger. [A popular, but not an elegant use of the word.] NWAD CROW.8

CROW-BAR, n. A bar of iron sharpened at one end, used as a lever for raising weights. NWAD CROW-BAR.1

CROW-BERRY, n. A plant of the genus Empetrum, or berry-bearing heath. One species bears the crow-crake berries. NWAD CROW-BERRY.1

CROW’S-BILL, n. In surgery, a kind of forceps for extracting bullets and other things from wounds. NWAD CROWS-BILL.1

CROW’S-FEET, n. The wrinkles under the eyes, which are the effects of age. NWAD CROWS-FEET.1

CROW-FLOWER, n. A kind of campion. NWAD CROW-FLOWER.1

CROW-FOOT, n. NWAD CROW-FOOT.1

1. On board of ships, a complication of small cords spreading out from a long block; used to suspend the awnings, or to keep the top sails from striking and fretting against the tops. NWAD CROW-FOOT.2

2. In botany, the Ranunculus, a genus of plants. NWAD CROW-FOOT.3

CROW’S-FOOT, n. In the military art, a machine of iron, with four points, so formed that in whatever way it falls, there is one point upwards, and intended to stop or embarrass the approach or march of the enemys cavalry; a caltrop. NWAD CROWS-FOOT.1