crab-treen.
The wild apple-tree.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > apple tree > wild or crab-apple
crab-treec1425
crab1626
crab-stock1640
crab-apple1771
c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 646 Hec arbutus, crabtre.
1481 Descr. Boundaries Ripon in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 340 Duos crabtrees crescentes.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xliiiv To sell..the crabbe trees to mylners to make cogges and ronges.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 47v An Appel tre..is called..in ye Southe Countre, a Crab tre.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xxx. 696 Roundish leaues, somwhat like the leaues of a gribble, grabbe tree, or wilding.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 185 We haue Some old Crab-trees here at home, That will not be grafted to your Rallish. View more context for this quotation
1703 R. Steele Tender Husband i. iii There's a crabtree, near our house, which..has brush'd our jackets, from Father to son for several generations.
1794 R. Southey Retrospect The crab-tree, which supplied a secret hoard With roasted crabs to deck the wintry board.
Compounds
C1. attributive.
a. Of or pertaining to the crab-tree.
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?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xlv Graffe it in a crabtree stocke.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 7 Fetch me a dozen Crab-tree staues, and strong ones. View more context for this quotation
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 May 7/1 The cadets suffered themselves to be beaten with a crabtree stick.
b. Resembling a crab-tree; crooked, knotted.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [adjective]
crumpa800
crookedc1290
counterfeited1340
courbe1395
crumpleda1400
wanshapena1425
courbedc1430
wrongc1430
crumped1480
mismadec1480
counterfeit1483
crabby1550
crab-tree-like1576
crab-tree1598
crabbed1601
bossive1658
stumping1852
arthritic1961
1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. vi. i. 79 The crab-tree Porter of the Guild-Hall gates.
1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress (1879) (ed. 2) 105 He getteth him a grievous Crab-tree Cudgel..and beats them fearfully.
C2.
crab-tree-faced adj.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective]
flatc1400
hardc1400
low-cheeredc1400
large?a1425
ruscledc1440
well-visagedc1440
platter-faced1533
well-faced1534
full-faced1543
fair-faced1553
bright-faceda1560
crab-faced1563
crab-snouted1563
crab-tree-faced1563
long-visaged1584
owlya1586
wainscot-faced1588
flaberkin1592
rough-hewn1593
angel-faced1594
round-faced1594
crab-favoured1596
rugged1596
weasel-faced1596
rough-faced1598
half-faced1600
chitty1601
lenten-faced1604
broad-faced1607
dog-faced1607
weaselled-faced1607
wry-faced1607
maid-faced1610
warp-faced1611
ill-faceda1616
lean-faceda1616
old-faceda1616
moon-faced1619
monkey-faced1620
chitty-face1622
chitty-faceda1627
lean-chapt1629
antic-faced1635
bloat-faced1638
bacon-facea1640
blue-faced1640
hatchet-faced1648
grave1650
lean-jawed1679
smock-faced1684
lean-visaged1686
flaber1687
baby-faced1692
splatter-faced1707
chubby1722
puggy1722
block-faced1751
haggard-looking1756
long-faced1762
haggardly1763
fresh-faced1766
dough-faced1773
pudding-faced1777
baby-featured1780
fat-faced1782
haggard1787
weazen-face1794
keen1798
ferret-like1801
lean-cheeked1812
mulberry-faced1812
open-faced1813
open-countenanced1819
chiselled1821
hatchety1821
misfeatured1822
terse1824
weazen-faced1824
mahogany-faced1825
clock-faced1827
sharp1832
sensual1833
beef-faced1838
weaselly1838
ferret-faced1840
sensuous1843
rat-faced1844
recedent1849
neat-faced1850
cherubimical1854
pinch-faced1859
cherubic1860
frownya1861
receding1866
weak1882
misfeaturing1885
platopic1885
platyopic1885
pro-opic1885
wind-splitting1890
falcon-face1891
blunt-featured1916
bun-faced1927
fish-faced1963
1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. I.viv Of bodie bygge and strong he was, and somwhat Crabtre faced.
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 55 Zeno the crabbe-tree-fac'd Stoicke.
a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle Blind-beggar (1659) sig. D2v I lik'd him not he had such a crabtree-fac'd countenance.
crab-tree-like adj.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [adjective]
crumpa800
crookedc1290
counterfeited1340
courbe1395
crumpleda1400
wanshapena1425
courbedc1430
wrongc1430
crumped1480
mismadec1480
counterfeit1483
crabby1550
crab-tree-like1576
crab-tree1598
crabbed1601
bossive1658
stumping1852
arthritic1961
1576 A. Fleming tr. Nucillus in Panoplie Epist. 237 As your body is crooked, crabtree like, and growen out of all order, so your mynde is.
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crab-tree
crab-tree n.
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1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 81 The Caraba, or Crab Tree..consists of numerous branches, covered with long narrow leaves, of a dark green colour.
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