Creeper

['kriːpə] or ['kripɚ]

Definition

(noun.) any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet.

(noun.) any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping.

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Definition

(n.) One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.

(n.) A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia).

(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.

(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.

(n.) A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers.

(n.) A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons.

(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.

(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.

(n.) Crockets. See Crocket.

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