| 单词 |
crow-bill |
| 释义 |
ˈcrow-bill †1. A plant. Obs.
14..Gl. Sloane 5 in Sax. Leechd. III. 320/2 Crowe pil, acus muscata minor. 1847–78Halliwell, Crouwepil, the herb crane-bill. 2. Surg. (Also crow's bill.) A forceps for extracting bullets or other foreign bodies from wounds.
1611Cotgr., Bec de corbin..a Chirurgions toole, called a Crowes-bill. 1634T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. 440 Plucke it out with your crane or crowes bill. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 400/2 Another Instrument of a Chyrurgion, termed a Crow-Bill. 1880Browning Dram. Idylls, Pietro, But who wields the crozier down may fling the crow-bill. |

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