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scarecrow
English
Etymology
From scare +? crow. Replaced original shewel from Middle English sheweles, of unclear origin but probably from an unattested Old English form, composed of sc?n +? -els (Old English sc?ewels). Compare Middle Low German sch?welse and Middle High German schiusel. See further at shy. Another replaced term for the thing was shoy-hoy, perhaps imitative of the cry of crows, in addition to bogle.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sk??k???/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sk???.k?o?/
- Hyphenation: scare?crow
Noun
scarecrow (plural scarecrows)
- An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating seeds or crops planted there. [from 1530s]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:scarecrow
- (figuratively, derogatory) A tall, thin, awkward person.
- (figuratively) Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger.
- 1983, Saskatchewan Law Review (volume 48, page 114)
- The Canada West Foundation dismisses these concerns as "political scarecrows"; fearsome at first glance but irrelevant on closer examination. Unfortunately the problems of an elected Senate cannot be dismissed so easily.
- 1983, Saskatchewan Law Review (volume 48, page 114)
- A person clad in rags and tatters.
- (Britain, dialectal) A bird, the black tern.
Alternative forms
- skarcrow (obsolete)
Coordinate terms
- straw man
Derived terms
- scarecrowish
- scarecrowlike
Related terms
- crow scarer
- scarer
Translations
Verb
scarecrow (third-person singular simple present scarecrows, present participle scarecrowing, simple past and past participle scarecrowed)
- (transitive) To splay rigidly outward, like the arms of a scarecrow.
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crowkeeper
English
Etymology
crow +? keeper
Noun
crowkeeper (plural crowkeepers)
- (obsolete) A person employed to scare off crows.
- (obsolete) A scarecrow.
References
- crowkeeper in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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