Crab :: Crab (n.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body..

Crab :: Crab (n.) The zodiacal constellation Cancer.

Crab :: Crab (a.) A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste.

Crab :: Crab (a.) A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.

Crab :: Crab (a.) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc..

Crab :: Crab (a.) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc..

Crab :: Crab (a.) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.

Crab :: Crab (a.) A claw for anchoring a portable machine.

Crab :: Crab (v. t.) To make sour or morose; to embitter.

Crab :: Crab (v. t.) To beat with a crabstick.

Crab :: Crab (v. i.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel..

Crab :: Crab (a.) Sour; rough; austere.

Crab Tree :: Crab tree () See under Crab.

Crab-yaws :: Crab-yaws (n.) A disease in the West Indies. It is a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges. See Yaws..

Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners..

Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste..

Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author..

Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting..

Crabber :: Crabber (n.) One who catches crabs.

Crabbing :: Crabbing (n.) The act or art of catching crabs.

Crabbing :: Crabbing (n.) The fighting of hawks with each other.

Crabbing :: Crabbing (n.) A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine.

Crabbish :: Crabbish (a.) Somewhat sour or cross.

Crabby :: Crabby (a.) Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing..

Crabeater :: Crabeater (n.) The cobia.

Crabeater :: Crabeater (n.) An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States (Hadropterus nigrofasciatus).

Crabeater :: Crabeater (n.) A small European heron (Ardea minuta, and other allied species)..

Craber :: Craber (n.) The water rat.

Crabfaced :: Crabfaced (a.) Having a sour, disagreeable countenance..

Crabsidle :: Crabsidle (v. i.) To move sidewise, as a crab. [Jocular]..

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