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crab´bed|ness — crab|bed «KRAB ihd», adjective. 1. hard to read or decipher because irregular: »The teacher refused to accept papers with crabbed handwriting. 2. hard to understand; perplexing: »This writer has a crabbed style. 3. peevish; ill natured; cross … Useful english dictionary
crab — crab; crab·bed; crab·bed·ly; crab·bed·ness; crab·bery; crab·bit; crab·eater; crab·man; crab·stick; crab·ber; crab·by; … English syllables
crab´bed|ly — crab|bed «KRAB ihd», adjective. 1. hard to read or decipher because irregular: »The teacher refused to accept papers with crabbed handwriting. 2. hard to understand; perplexing: »This writer has a crabbed style. 3. peevish; ill natured; cross … Useful english dictionary
crab|bed — «KRAB ihd», adjective. 1. hard to read or decipher because irregular: »The teacher refused to accept papers with crabbed handwriting. 2. hard to understand; perplexing: »This writer has a crabbed style. 3. peevish; ill natured; cross … Useful english dictionary
crab´bi|ly — crab|by «KRAB ee», adjective, bi|er, bi|est. Informal. cross, peevish, or ill natured; crabbed: »He is brought up under the…Puritan maxims of a crabby maiden aunt (Time). –crab´bi|ly, adverb. –crab´bi|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
crab|by — «KRAB ee», adjective, bi|er, bi|est. Informal. cross, peevish, or ill natured; crabbed: »He is brought up under the…Puritan maxims of a crabby maiden aunt (Time). –crab´bi|ly, adverb. –crab´bi|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
Ness Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota — Ness Township, Minnesota Township … Wikipedia
Crab Lake, Minnesota — Crab Lake is an unorganized territory in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 11 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 36.7 square… … Wikipedia
Dun|ge|ness crab — «DUHN juh nihs, DUHNJ nihs; nehs», an edible crab caught in shallow waters from California to Alaska, and canned in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. ╂[< Dungeness, a fishi village in Washington] … Useful english dictionary
Dungeness crab — Dun′ge•ness crab′ [[t]ˈdʌn dʒəˌnɛs, ˌdʌn dʒəˈnɛs[/t]] n. ivt a crab, Cancer magister, of North American Pacific coastal waters • Etymology: 1920–25; after Dungeness, village in NW Washington … From formal English to slang
