Index of English words, starting with "cr"

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

(1) - Crabbed (n.) Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting.
(2) - Crabbed (n.) Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author.
(3) - Crabbed (n.) Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste.
(4) - Crabbed (n.) Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners.

(1) - Crabbing (n.) A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine.
(2) - Crabbing (n.) The fighting of hawks with each other.
(3) - Crabbing (n.) The act or art of catching crabs.

(1) - Crabby (a.) Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing.