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

Harsh :: Harsh (a.) Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.

Leucosoid :: Leucosoid (a.) Like or pertaining to the Leucosoidea, a tribe of marine crabs including the box crab or Calappa..

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

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

Grapsoid :: Grapsoid (n.) A grapsoid crab.

Glass-crab :: Glass-crab (n.) The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma..

Scrabble :: Scrabble (n.) The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble..

Phyllosoma :: Phyllosoma (n.) The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long. Called also glass-crab, and glass-shrimp..

Scrabbed Eggs :: Scrabbed eggs () A Lenten dish, composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and seasoned with butter, salt, and pepper..

Metope :: Metope (n.) The face of a crab.

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

Inexecrable :: Inexecrable (a.) That can not be execrated enough.

Sour :: Sour (superl.) Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply..

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

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

Shedder :: Shedder (n.) A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; -- applied especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state..

Asperity :: Asperity (n.) Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.

Epigastric :: Epigastric (a.) Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs.

Horseshoe :: Horseshoe (n.) Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.

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