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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 432 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CREW (sometimes explained as a See also:sea See also:term of Scandinavian origin, cf. O. Icel. kris, a swarm or See also:crowd, but now regarded as a shortened See also:form of accrue, accrewe, used in the 16th See also:century in the sense of a reinforcement, O. Fr. acreue, from accrofire, to grow, increase), a See also:band or See also:body of men associated for a definite purpose, a gang who jointly carry out a particular piece of See also:work, and especially those who See also:man a See also:ship, exclusive of the See also:captain, and sometimes also of the See also:officers .

End of Article: CREW (sometimes explained as a sea term of Scandinavian origin, cf. O. Icel. kris, a swarm or crowd, but now regarded as a shortened form of accrue, accrewe, used in the 16th century in the sense of a reinforcement, O. Fr. acreue, from accrofire, to grow,
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