the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Creeper
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
(2):
(n.) One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.
(3):
(n.) A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia).
(4):
(n.) A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; - called often telegraph creepers.
(5):
(n.) A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping.
(6):
(n.) Crockets. See Crocket.
(7):
(n.) A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; - called also tree creeper and creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia.
(8):
(n.) Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.
(9):
(n.) An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Creeper'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/creeper.html. 1828.
