A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
A playing card with the rank of three.
The crab apple or wild apple.
The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
The angle by which an aircraft's nose is pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an approach to landing; its crab angle.
The state of an aircraft's nose being pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an approach to landing.
A bad-tempered person.
To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
To ruin.
To fish for crabs.
To move (a camera) sideways.
To back out of something.
To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
To complain about.
To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
To complain.
The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
To strangle or choke someone.