scrab apple

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• scrab — North Country (Newcastle) Words a wild apple, the crab …   English dialects glossary

• crab apple — noun 1. any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms • Syn: ↑crabapple, ↑cultivated crab apple • Hypernyms: ↑apple tree • Hyponyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

• crab apple — ► NOUN ▪ a small, sour kind of apple. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of Scots and northern English scrab …   English terms dictionary

• crab apple — noun 1》 a small, sour kind of apple. 2》 (also crab tree) a small tree bearing crab apples. [Malus sylvestris and other species.] Origin ME: perh. an alt. of Scots and north. Engl. scrab …   English new terms dictionary

• scarb-tree — ˈskärbˌtrē noun Etymology: probably alteration of obsolete scrab tree, from scrab crab apple (probably of Scandinavian origin) + tree : wilding 1a …   Useful english dictionary

• Discworld gods — See also: Discworld (world)#Magic Some of the Discworld gods at Dunmanifestin. L R: Sessifet (off left),Offler, Flatulus (behind Offler), Fate, Urika, Blind Io, Libertina, The Lady, Bibulous, Patina (behind Bibulous), Topaxi (in front of… …   Wikipedia

• crab — the crustacean [OE] and crab the apple [14] may be two distinct words. The word for the sea creature has several continental relatives (such as German krebs and Dutch krabbe) which show it to have been of Germanic origin, and some of them, such… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• crab — the crustacean [OE] and crab the apple [14] may be two distinct words. The word for the sea creature has several continental relatives (such as German krebs and Dutch krabbe) which show it to have been of Germanic origin, and some of them, such… …   Word origins

• Crab — 1. n. 1 a any of numerous ten footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh of a crab, esp. Cancer pagurus, as food. 2 (the Crab) the zodiacal sign or constellation Cancer. 3 (in full crab louse) (often in pl.) …   Useful english dictionary

• crab — 1. n. 1 a any of numerous ten footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh of a crab, esp. Cancer pagurus, as food. 2 (the Crab) the zodiacal sign or constellation Cancer. 3 (in full crab louse) (often in pl.) …   Useful english dictionary

• crab — {{11}}crab (n.1) crustacean, O.E. crabba, from a general Germanic root (Cf. Du. krab, O.H.G. krebiz, Ger. Krabbe, O.N. krabbi crab ), related to Low Ger. krabben, Du. krabelen to scratch, claw, from PIE root *gerbh to scratch, carve (see CARVE …   Etymology dictionary