CPage 701
- English Word Cozy Definition Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar.
- English Word Cozy Definition A wadded covering for a teakettle or other vessel to keep the contents hot.
- English Word Cr/che Definition A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work.
- English Word Crab Definition 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.
- English Word Crab Definition The zodiacal constellation Cancer.
- English Word Crab Definition A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste.
- English Word Crab Definition A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- English Word Crab Definition A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- English Word Crab Definition A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- English Word Crab Definition A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- English Word Crab Definition A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- English Word Crab Definition To make sour or morose; to embitter.
- English Word Crab Definition To beat with a crabstick.
- English Word Crab Definition To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel.
- English Word Crab Definition Sour; rough; austere.
- English Word Crab tree Definition See under Crab.
- English Word Crab-yaws Definition A disease in the West Indies. It is a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges. See Yaws.
- English Word Crabbed Definition Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners.
- English Word Crabbed Definition Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste.
- English Word Crabbed Definition Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author.