scrub-crab

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• Scrub

  ·noun A worn-out brush. II. Scrub ·noun Something small and mean. III. Scrub ·adj Mean; dirty; con...

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• scrub

  A low mean fellow, employed in all sorts of dirty work. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• scrub

  I. n. country overgrown with thick bushes.Henry Kingsley's explanation (1859), that the word means...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Crab

  ·adj Sour; rough; austere. II. Crab ·vt To beat with a crabstick. III. Crab ·noun The zodiacal con...

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• crab

  To catch a crab; to fall backwards by missing one's stroke in rowing. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• crab

  n. Of the various Australian species ofthis marine crustacean, Scylla serrata alone is largeenough ...

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• crab

  A wooden pillar, the lower end of which being let down through a ship's decks, rests upon a socket l...

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• mallee-scrub

  n. the «scrub,» or thicket,formed by the Mallee (q.v.). 1893. A. R. Wallace, `Australasia,' vol. i...

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• mulga-scrub

  n. thickets of Mulga-trees. 1864. J. McDouall Stuart, `Explorations in Australia,'p. 190: «For th...

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• scrub-bird

  n. name given to two Australianbirds, of the genus Atrichia. (Grk. 'atrichos= without hair.) They ar...

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• scrub-cattle

  n. escaped cattle that run wild in the scrub, used as a collective plural of Scrubber (q.v.). 1860...

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• scrub-dangler

  n. a wild bullock. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xvi. p. 193: «He is one of thos...

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• scrub-fowl

  n. name applied to birds of thegenus Megapodius. See megapode. ...

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• scrub-gum

  n. See gum. ...

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• scrub-hen

  i.q. scrub-fowl. ...

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• scrub-ironwood

  n. See ironwood. ...

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• scrub-myrtle

  n. See myrtle. ...

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• scrub-oak

  n. See oak. ...

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• scrub-pine

  n. See pine. ...

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• scrub-rider

  n. a man who rides through the scrub in search of Scrub-cattle (q.v.). 1881. A. C. Giant, `Bush Li...

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• scrub-robin

  n. the modern name for any birdof the genus Drymodes. 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. i...

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• scrub-sandalwood

  n. See sandalwood. ...

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• scrub-tit

  n. See tit. ...

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• scrub-tree

  n. any tree that grows in the scrub. 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 219: «Almost ...

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• scrub-turkey

  n. an Australian bird, Leipoaocellata, Gould; aboriginal name, the Lowan (q.v.).See Turkey. ...

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• scrub-vine

  n. called also Native Rose. See bauera (q.v.). ...

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• scrub-wren

  n. any little bird of theAustralian genus Sericornis. The species are – – Brown Scrub-Wren – – Seri...

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• Crab tree

  ·- ·see under <<Crab>>. ...

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• Crab-yaws

  ·noun A disease in the West Indies. It is a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard e...

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• Glass-crab

  ·noun The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for i...

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• Crab Court

  See Clothier Street. ...

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• crab lanthorn

  A peevish fellow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• crab louse

  A species of louse peculiar to the human body; the male is denominated a cock, the female a hen. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• crab shells

  Shoes. IRISH. ...

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• sea crab

  A sailor. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• squeeze crab

  A sour-looking, shrivelled, diminutive fellow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• crab-hole

  n. a hole leading into a pit-likeburrow, made originally by a burrowing crayfish, and oftenafterwar...

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• crab-tree

  n. i.q. bitter-bark (q.v.). ...

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• angular crab

  An ugly long-armed crustacean the Goneplax angulata with eyes on remarkably long stalks. ...

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• carle-crab

  The male of the black-clawed crab, Cancer pagurus; also of the partan or common crab. ...

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• crab-boat

  Resembles a large jolly-boat. ...

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• crab-capstan

  See crab. ...

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• crab-windlass

  A light windlass for barges. ...

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• crab-yaws

  See yaw. ...

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• harper-crab

  See tommy harper. ...

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• hermit-crab

  A name applied to a group of crabs (family Paguridæ), of which the hinder part of the body is soft, ...

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• king-crab

  The Limulus polyphemus of the West Indies. ...

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• soldier-crab

  A name for the hermit-crab (which see). ...

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• scrub-poison-tree

  n. See poison-tree. ...

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• catch a crab

  In rowing, when an oar gets so far beneath the surface of the water, that the rower cannot recover i...

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