about shrewdRaven

Personal datacache of Colby Gutierrez-Kraybill and Hilda Gutierrez-Kraybill. Colby is employed by SRI International, while living and working at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory. Hilda specializes in being Awesome.

• kray⋅bill [krey-bil]
  -surname
  
• from the Swiss family Krähenbühl, derived from the German words "Krähen", meaning "crow" and "bühl" meaning "hill".
• gu⋅tiérrez [gu-teeṝez]
  -surname
  
• patronymic name meaning "son of Gutierre" (son of Walter). Walter or Walther from Old High German Walthari, composed of the words "wald", meaning "rule" and "hari", meaning "army, warrior".
• shrewd [shrood]
  –adjective, -er, -est.
  
• astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
• keen; piercing.
• artful.
• ra⋅ven [rey-vuhn]
  –noun
  
• any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, esp. Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
• the divine culture hero and trickster of the North Pacific Coast Indians.
• (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Corvus.