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Webster 1913 Edition
Crabstick
Crab′stickˊ
(-stĭkˊ)
, Noun.
A stick, cane, or cudgel, made of the wood of the crab tree.
Definition 2024
crabstick
crabstick
See also: crab stick
English
Noun
crabstick (plural crabsticks)
- A cudgel, originally made of the wood of a crabapple tree, hence any similar club.
- A crabby, ill-tempered person.
Translations
cudgel
crabby person
Etymology 2
crab (“the sea creature”) + stick
Noun
crabstick (plural crabsticks)
Translations
processed food
References
- Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of the English Language. Internatinal Edition. combined with Britannica World Language Dictionary. Chicago-London etc., Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc., 1965.