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ˈcrab-like, a. and adv. [f. crab n.1] Like a crab, esp. in moving backwards or sideways.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. ii. iv. 392 Because then Southward Sol doth retrograde, Goes (Crab-like) backward. 1646J. Benbrigge Gods Fury A ij b, Such was their Crab-like condition. 1727–38Gay Fables ii. xiv. 26 But, crab-like, rather backward goes. 1819Byron Venice i, Thus they creep, Crouching and crab-like. 1861G. J. Whyte-Melville Tilbury Nogo 355 He crawls first backwards, then sideways, crablike..to the spot. |