1. a person of three-quarter black and one-quarter white ancestry
2. a person of mixed black and American Indian blood
3. an ornament resembling a claw that projects from the round base of an architectural column upon the angle formed by a corner of the plinth — called also spur
4. an arrangement of parallel bars on a loom for lifting the hooked wires that raise the warp threads in weaving jacquard or dobby fabrics