Also Sc. craw. [f. CROW v.] Crowing (of a cock). Cf. COCK-CROW.
c. 1290. S. Eng. Leg., I. 137/1090. Bi-fore þe cockes crowe.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Miller’s T., 489. I shal at cokkes crow Ful pryuely knokken at his wyndowe.
1663. Cowley, Pindar. Odes, Brutus, iv. One would have thought ’t had heard the Morning Crow.
1851. Longf., Gold. Leg., Refectory. The cheery crow Of cocks in the yard below.
b. transf. and fig.
1859. W. C. Bennett, Baby May, 8. Crows and laughs and tearful eyes.
1860. Gen. P. Thompson, Audi Alt., III. cxxvii. 85. The folly which got up gasconading crows for war.
