crow-silk
crow-silk is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
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- 1.A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzing). CROW'S-NEST Crow's-nest` (krz"nst`), n. (Naut.) A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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