Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
To use a crowbar, wedge, or other implement to attempt to open a surface by leveraging force on the opposite end of the tool to pry off the connection between the two surfaces.
adj
Dark black, the color of a crow; crow-black.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call. · Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea. · A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar. · Someone who keeps watch while their associates commit a crime; a lookout.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂-der.? Proto-Germanic *krēanądeverb. Proto-Germanic *-ǭ Proto-Germanic *krēǭ Proto-West Germanic *krāā Old English crāwe Middle English crowe English crow From Middle English crowe, from Old English crāwe, from Proto-West Germanic *krāā, from Proto-Germanic *krēǭ (compare West Frisian krie, Dutch kraai, German Krähe), from *krēaną (“to crow”). See below. The verb is a back-formation from crowbar.
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