\Crew\ (kr?), n. (Zo["o]l.)
The Manx shearwater.

\Crew\ (kr?), n. [From older accrue accession,
re?n?orcement, hence, company, crew; the first syllable being
misunderstood as the indefinite article. See {Accrue},
{Crescent}.]
1. A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a
   throng.
         There a noble crew Of lords and ladies stood on
         every side.                           --Spenser.
         Faithful to whom? to thy rebellious crew? --Milton.
2. The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the
   company belonging to a vessel or a boat.
Note: The word crew, in law, is ordinarily used as equivalent
      to ship's company, including master and other officers.
      When the master and other officers are excluded, the
      context always shows it. --Story. Burrill.
3. In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for
   a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the
   boatswain's crew.
Syn: Company; band; gang; horde; mob; herd; throng; party.

\Crew\ (kr?),
imp. of {Crow}.