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   Creeper , n.
   One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.
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   Standing waters are most unwholesome, . . . full of mites, creepers; slimy, muddy, unclean.
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   (Bot.) A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia).
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   (Zool.) A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is Certhia familiaris, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; -- called also tree creeper and creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia.
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   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.
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   pl. A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers.
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   A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
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   pl. 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.
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   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.
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   pl. (Arch.) Crockets. See Crocket.
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