Definition of crab

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

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Crabbing :: Crabbing (n.) A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine.
Apron :: Apron (n.) The infolded abdomen of a crab.
Crab :: Crab (a.) A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
Harsh :: Harsh (a.) Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.
Cheliform :: Cheliform (a.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike..
Crust :: Crust (n.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc..
Gnathastegite :: Gnathastegite (n.) One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs..
Horseman :: Horseman (n.) A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly..
Sawtooth :: Sawtooth (n.) An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molars serrated; -- called also crab-eating seal..
Louse :: Louse (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc..
Craber :: Craber (n.) The water rat.
Thornback :: Thornback (n.) The large European spider crab or king crab (Maia squinado).
Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners..
Epigastric :: Epigastric (a.) Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs.
Nefandous :: Nefandous (a.) Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable.
Maian :: Maian (n.) Any spider crab of the genus Maia, or family Maiadae..
Cancer :: Cancer (n.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See Crab..
Crabber :: Crabber (n.) One who catches crabs.
Cheliferous :: Cheliferous (a.) Having cheliform claws, like a crab..
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..
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