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Substantiivit

1. A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
2. Short for carabiner.
3. The tree species Carapa guianensis, native of South America.
4. The crab apple or wild apple.
5. A bad-tempered person.
6. The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
7. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
8. (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice, Pthirus pubis.
9. A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
10. (slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
11. A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
12. (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
13. A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
14. A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
15. A claw for anchoring a portable machine.

Verbit

1. (obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour
2. (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
3. To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
4. (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
5. (intransitive) To complain.
6. (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
7. (intransitive, nautical, aviation) To drift sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
8. (transitive) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
9. (obsolete, World War I), to fly slightly off the straight-line course towards an enemy aircraft, as the machine guns on early aircraft did not allow firing through the propeller disk.
10. (rare) To back out of something.