a. [ See Crab, n. ]
Crabbed age and youth can not live together. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
How charming is divine philosophy!
Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. One who catches crabs. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Somewhat sour or cross. [ 1913 Webster ]
The whips of the most crabbish Satyristes. Decker. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing. “Persius is crabby, because ancient.” Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]