Crab

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Sour; rough; austere.

II. Crab ·vt To beat with a crabstick.

III. Crab ·noun The zodiacal constellation Cancer.

IV. Crab ·adj A claw for anchoring a portable machine.

V. Crab ·adj A crab apple;

— so named from its harsh taste.

VI. Crab ·vi To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel.

VII. Crab ·adj A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.

VIII. Crab ·adj A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.

IX. Crab ·vt To make sour or morose; to Embitter.

X. Crab ·adj A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, ·etc.

XI. Crab ·adj A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, ·etc.

XII. Crab ·noun 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.

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