Crew (krû), n.
(Zoöl.) The Manx shearwater.
Crew (krû), n. [From older
accrue accession, reënforcement, 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.
☞ 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 (krû), imp. of
Crow.