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krab, n. (Zool.) A crustaceous aninial, having the body covered by a crust like shell or carapax; has ten legs, the front pair of which terminate in claws. (Bot.) A wild apple; the tree producing — named from astringent taste. (Mech.) A crane for moving heavy v^ran. weights, esp. ships. [AS. crab- 6a, Sw. krabba, Ic. krabbi, Dan. and G. krab be, D. krab, L. carabus, Gr. karabos, crab; D. krabben, L. scalpere, to scratch.] — Crab'-apple. n. A small, sour kind of apple. [Sw. krabbapleT] — -tree, n. The tree bearing, etc. —louse, n. A kind of louse infesting the human body. — Crab 'bed, a. Harsh; rough; peevish; morose: difficult; perplexing; cramped or scrawled, — said of handwriting. [D. kribben, to quarrel, be cro , krabben (above), krihbig, peevish; Ic. krab, a crabbed hand, krabba, D. krabbelen, to scrawl, scribble.] — Crab'bedly, adv. — Crab'bedne , jrack, krak, [cracked (krakt), cracking.] To break without entire separation of the parts; to sure; to rend with grief or pain, distre , disorder, derange; to cause to sound abruptly and sharply; to snap; to utter smartly and sententiously; to cry up, extol. v.i. To be" fractured without quite separating; to go to pieces, be ruined or impaired; to utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound. — n. A partial separation of parts, etc.: a chink; crevice; a sound as of anything suddenly rent; crazine of intellect; insanity. —a. Of superior excellence. [AS. cearcian, D. kraken, G. krachen, Ga. cnac, to crack; D. krak, G. krach, Ga. erac, a crack.] — Crack'-brained, -brand, a. Impaired in intellect.— Crack''or, n. One who, or that which, cracks; a small firework, exploding with a sharp noise; a kind of hard biscuit-