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单词 sea-crab
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sea-crabn.

Etymology: crab n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsea-crab.
1.
a. A marine crab, as distinguished from a river- or land-crab.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > marine crab
grampell1598
grit1598
sea-crab1601
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxii. x. 449 The ashes of the Sea-crab and Scolopendre both.
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 421 The common Sea-Crab, or Sherigo. This species is very common in all the harbours of Jamaica.
1860 F. C. L. Wraxall Life in Sea vi. 142 The Portunus, or real Sea-crab.
b. In allusions. Obsolete.
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1604 T. Middleton Ant & Nightingale sig. F2 One amongst them..likened me to a Sea-Crab, because I went all of one side.
1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica ix. 116 In which there is no more true controversie in point of law, than head in a sea-crab.
2.
a. Applied jocularly to a boatman. Obsolete.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun]
shipmanc900
seamanOE
buscarlOE
shipperc1100
ship-gumec1275
marinerc1300
skipper1390
marinela1400
waterman1421
maryneller1470
seafarer1513
sea-fardingera1550
navigator1574
marinec1575
sailer1585
Triton1589
Neptunist1593
canvas-climber1609
sea-crab1609
tar-lubber1610
Neptunian1620
salt-rover1620
sailora1642
tarpaulin1647
otter1650
water dog1652
tarpauliana1656
Jack1659
tar1676
sea-animal1707
Jack tar1709
sailor-man1761
tarry-breeks1786
hearty1790
ocean-farera1806
tarry-jacket1822
Jacky1826
nautical1831
salt water1839
matelotc1847
knight of the tar-brush1866
main-yard man1867
gobby1883
tarry-John1888
blue jersey1889
lobscouser1889
flat-foot1897
handyman1899
1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. E4 No, your Oares are your onely Sea-crabs, boord them, & take heed you neuer go twice together wt one paire.
b. slang. A sailor. Obsolete.
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1785 in F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue
3. A crab n.1 7 used at sea. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > others
polancre1356
spindle1398
wrest1584
handscrew?1660
sea-crab1689
lewis1743
crab1753
wheel and axle (also axis)1773
tippler1831
fall1834
outrigger hoist1835
lewisson1842
power hoist1869
tipper1870
lifting screw1885
powerlifter1909
bucket chain1911
bracket-crab-
1689 Brit. Patent 262 A new Invencion or Sea-Crabbe for working in the Sea for Fishing and taking vp of Shipps.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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