Thesaurus: crab

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1. 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.
2. n. The zodiacal constellation Cancer.
3. a. A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste.
4. a. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
5. a. A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
6. a. A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
7. a. A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
8. a. A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
9. v. t. To make sour or morose; to embitter.
10. v. t. To beat with a crabstick.
11. v. i. To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel.
12. a. Sour; rough; austere.