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  1. crow-foot

    A number of small lines spreading out from an uvrou or long block, used to suspend the awnings by, or to keep the top-sails from striking violently, and fretting against the top-rims. (See EUPHROE.) Also, a kind of stand, attached to the end of mess-tables, and hooked to a beam above.--Crow-foot or beam-arm is also a crooked timber, extended from the side of a beam to the ship's side, in the wake of the hatchway, supplying the place of a beam.--Crow's-foot is the name of the four-pointed irons thrown in front of a position, to hamper the advance of cavalry, and other assailants, for in whatsoever way they fall one point is upwards. The phrase of crow's-feet is also jocularly applied to the wrinkles spreading from the outer corner of the eyes--a joke used both by Chaucer and Spenser.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of crow-foot in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of crow-foot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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