CROW

, in Mechanics, an iron lever, made with a sharp point at one end, and two claws at the other; being used in heaving and purchasing great weights, &c.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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CREPUSCULUM
CRONOS
CROSIER
CROSS
CROUSAZ (John Peter de)
* CROW
CROWN
CUBATURE
CUBE
CULMINATION
CULVERIN