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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Creeper \Creep"er\ (kr[=e]p"[~e]r), n. 1. One who or that which creeps; any creeping thing Standing waters are most unwholesome, . . . full of mites, creepers; slimy, muddy, unclean. --Burton. 2. (Bot.) A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia). 3. (Zo["o]l.) A small bird of the genus {Certhia}, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is {C. familiaris}, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; -- called also {tree creeper} and {creeptree}. The American black and white creeper is {Mniotilta varia}. 4. 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. 5. pl A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often {telegraph creepers}. 6. A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons. 7. 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 8. 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. 9. pl (Arch.) Crockets. See {Crocket}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: creeper n 1: any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping 2: any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb about on trees [syn: {tree creeper}]
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