Part 2530

<h1>Crab</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Crab</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld><def>To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel.</def>

<i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i>

<h1>Crab</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Crab</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Prob. from the same root as <ets>crab</ets>, <ets>n.</ets>]</ety> <def>Sour; rough; austere.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>crab</b> vintage of the neighb'ring coast. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crabbed</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Crab"bed</hw> <tt>(kr?b"b?d)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Crab</er>,<tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners.</def>

<blockquote><b>Crabbed</b> age and youth can not live together. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; <as>as, a <ex>crabbed</ex> taste</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; <as>as, a <ex>crabbed</ex> author</as>.</def> "<i>Crabbed</i> eloquence."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and <b>crabbed</b>, as dull fools suppose. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Cramped; irregular; <as>as, <ex>crabbed</ex> handwriting</as>.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Crab"bed*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Crab"bed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Crabber</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Crab"ber</hw> <tt>(kr?b"b?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who catches crabs.</def>

<h1>Crabbing</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Crab"bing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or art of catching crabs.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Falconry)</fld> <def>The foghting of hawks with each other.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Woolem Manuf.)</fld> <def>A process of scouring clocth be<?/ween rolls in a machine.</def>

<h1>Crabbish</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Crab"bish</hw> <tt>(kr?b"b?sh)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Somewhat sour or cross.</def>

<blockquote>The wips of the most <b>crabbish</b> Satyristes. <i>Decker.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crabby</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Crab"by</hw> <tt>(-b?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing.</def> "Persius is <i>crabby</i>, because ancient."

<i>Marston.</i>

<h1>Crabeater</h1> <Xpage=338>