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. |
Crab (n.) The zodiacal constellation Cancer. |
Crab (a.) A crab apple |
Crab (a.) A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree |
Crab (a.) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc. |
Crab (a.) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc. |
Crab (a.) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn. |
Crab (a.) A claw for anchoring a portable machine. |
Crab (v. t.) To make sour or morose |
Crab (v. t.) To beat with a crabstick. |
Crab (v. i.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel. |
Crab (a.) Sour |
Crab tree () See under Crab. |
Crab-yaws (n.) A disease in the West Indies. It is a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges. See Yaws. |
Glass-crab (n.) The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma. |
Hawk (n.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk. |
Hawk (v. i.) To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey |
Hawk (v. i.) To make an attack while on the wing |
Hawk (v. i.) To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances. |
Hawk (v. t.) To raise by hawking, as phlegm. |
Hawk (n.) An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise. |
Hawk (v. t.) To offer for sale by outcry in the street |
Hawk (n.) A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar. |
Hawk-eyed (a.) Having a keen eye |
Hawk moth () Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvae are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm. |
Hover-hawk (n.) The kestrel. |
Rufous (a.) Reddish |
Sea hawk () A jager gull. |
Vanner hawk () The kestrel. |
Winkle-hawk (n.) A rectangular rent made in cloth |