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Creeper

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(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Creeper'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/creeper.html. 1828.
 
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