Crab

krab, n. a popular name applied to any of the short-tailed division of decapod crustaceans: a sign in the zodiac: a portable winch: a sour-tempered person: the lowest throw at hazard—two aces.— adj. Crabb′ed , ill-natured: harsh: rough: difficult, perplexing.— adv. Crabb′edly .— n. Crabb′edne .— adj. Crab′-faced , having a sour, peevish countenance.— n. Crab′ite , a fo il crab or crayfish.— adj. Crab′-like , moving like a crab.— n. Crab′-louse , a crab-shaped louse infesting the hair of the pubis, .— n.pl. Crab's′-eyes , the scarlet seeds of an East Indian bead-tree: a concretion of carbonate of lime in the stomach of the cray-fish.— v.i. Crab′-sī′dle , to go sideways like a crab.— n.pl. Crab′-yaws , a name applied to the tumours of frambœsia on the soles and palms.— Catch a crab , in rowing, to sink the oar too deeply in the water: to mi the water altogether in making the stroke. [A.S. crabba ; Ger. krab be .]