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1. Crab 
[a.]
- A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste. [a.]- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- Sour; rough; austere.
2. Crab [n.]
- One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and
usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or
carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body. [n.]- The zodiacal constellation Cancer.
3. Crab [v. i.]
- To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel. [v. i.]4. Crab [v. t.]
- To make sour or morose; to embitter. [v. t.]- To beat with a crabstick.
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