crab

• Sour
• complain
• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
• the fourth sign of the zodiac
• decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
• a quarrelsome grouch
• the edible flesh of any of various crabs
• a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
• a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
• direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
• scurry sideways like a crab
• fish for crab
• 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
• The zodiacal constellation Cancer
• A crab apple
• A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree
• 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
• To make sour or morose
• To beat with a crabstick
• To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Virginia

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