Crowbar
['krəʊbɑː] or ['krobɑr]
Definition
(noun.) a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge.
Inputed by Artie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever.
Inputed by DeWitt
Examples
- Sikes, invoking terrific imprecations upon Fagin's head for sending Oliver on such an errand, plied the crowbar vigorously, but with little noise. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Others would pull down with the crowbars and with cranks--especially cranks. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The crew had been able to muster but six firearms, so most of them were armed with boat hooks, axes, hatchets and crowbars. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- During its early years this shop made anything in its line that could be sold in the neighborhood--rifles, shotguns, crowbars, pickaxes, farm tools. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Hatchets and crowbars against the yard gates. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Nicholas