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▪ I. crabbing, vbl. n.1|ˈkræbɪŋ|
[f. crab v.1, v.2 + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. crab.
†1. Vexing, embittering; hence, vexation, crossness. Sc. Obs.
c1450Wisdome of Sol. 646 Better is crabing na blythnes or laiching. 1529Lyndesay Complaynt 32, I wyll nocht flyte..For crabyng of thy Celsitude. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 187 Aurelius..sufferit thame of his benignitie, With[out] crabing or ȝit crudelitie. Ibid. III. 84 Greit wrang he wrocht in his crabing and ire. 1573J. Davidson Brief Commend. xliv, The feid of fremmit and craibing of ȝour kin.
2. Adverse criticism, ‘pulling to pieces’, detraction. See crab v.2 2.
▪ II. ˈcrabbing, vbl. n.2
[f. crab n.1, n.2, implying verb to crab, perhaps not otherwise used.]
1. Catching crabs, crab-fishing. Also attrib.
1657R. Ligon Barbadoes (1693) 66 The Negroes will often upon Sundayes go a Crabbing. 1884Western Morning News 4 Sept. 4/5 At Sennen Cove the crabbing season is over. 1887G. M. Fenn Devon Boys ii. 16 We..made plans to go..crabbing when the tide was out.
2. Gathering crab-apples: cf. nutting, etc.
1877in E. Peacock N.W. Linc. Gloss.
▪ III. ˈcrabbing, vbl. n.3 Dyeing, etc.
(See quots.)
1874W. Crookes Dyeing & Calico Print. 654 Another important operation is ‘crabbing’. Before stuffs can be dyed, all dirt, grease, and the dressing used by the weaver, must be completely removed. The pieces are generally first passed through hot water. They are next treated with hot lyes of soap, carbonate of soda, and liquid ammonia. 1892Prof. Hummel (letter), Crabbing is the operation of passing a thin woollen or union fabric in a state of tension, and in the open-width, through boiling water, and at once wrapping it on a roller, where it is subjected to considerable pressure. The primary object of crabbing is to prevent subsequent wrinkling of the cloth, due to unequal contraction. A secondary object is to give the cloth a particular finish, so that the operation is now frequently used for all-wool and all-cotton cloth.
b. attrib., as crabbing-machine, crabbing-trough, etc.
1885J. J. Hummel Dyeing 112 The boiling water in the crabbing trough. 1892Machine Maker's Advt., Makers of all kind of machinery for dyeing, etc...viz. crabbing, singeing, scouring, washing..machines. |