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Webster 1913 Edition


Crabstick

Crab′stickˊ

(-stĭkˊ)
,
Noun.
A stick, cane, or cudgel, made of the wood of the crab tree.

Definition 2024


crabstick

crabstick

See also: crab stick

English

Noun

crabstick (plural crabsticks)

  1. A cudgel, originally made of the wood of a crabapple tree, hence any similar club.
  2. A crabby, ill-tempered person.
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Etymology 2

crabsticks

crab (the sea creature) + stick

Noun

crabstick (plural crabsticks)

  1. A processed food, made of surimi to somewhat resemble the legs of a crab.
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References

  • Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of the English Language. Internatinal Edition. combined with Britannica World Language Dictionary. Chicago-London etc., Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc., 1965.