Definition of crab

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

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Wherry :: Wherry (n.) A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is expressed; -- sometimes called crab wherry.
Scramble :: Scramble (v. i.) To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks..
Crab :: Crab (v. t.) To beat with a crabstick.
Agouara :: Agouara (n.) The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America..
Hornet :: Hornet (n.) A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white-faced hornet (V. maculata) is larger and has similar habits..
Decapod :: Decapod (n.) A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively..
Maikong :: Maikong (n.) A South American wild dog (Canis cancrivorus); the crab-eating dog.
Sour :: Sour (superl.) Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply..
Xanthose :: Xanthose (n.) An orange-yellow substance found in pigment spots of certain crabs.
Verjuice :: Verjuice (n.) The sour juice of crab apples, of green or unripe grapes, apples, etc.; also, an acid liquor made from such juice..
Crabeater :: Crabeater (n.) An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States (Hadropterus nigrofasciatus).
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..
Pomaceous :: Pomaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a suborder (Pomeae) of rosaceous plants, which includes the true thorn trees, the quinces, service berries, medlars, and loquats, as well as the apples, pears, crabs, etc..
Nefarious :: Nefarious (adv.) Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile.
Crabbing :: Crabbing (n.) The act or art of catching crabs.
Urva :: Urva (n.) The crab-eating ichneumon (Herpestes urva), native of India. The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and a white streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder..
Curstness :: Curstness (n.) Peevishness; malignity; frowardness; crabbedness; surliness.
Nefandous :: Nefandous (a.) Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable.
Nipper :: Nipper (n.) A European crab (Polybius Henslowii).
Crabbish :: Crabbish (a.) Somewhat sour or cross.
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