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The act or art of catching crabs.

The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters.

In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also dubbing. Knight.

To unbind; to loosen. [Obs.] Mede.

An old jaded horse. Shak.

The act of dubbing, as a knight, etc.

See Turbinal. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the ancient town of Eugubium (now Gubbio); as, the Eugubine tablets, or tables, or inscriptions.

A principle, or mixture of principles, derived from various species of Euphorbia.

Quality or state of being flabby.

In a gibing manner; scornfully.

The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff. Brande & C.

Same as Hemoglobin.

Same as Hemochromometer.

A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger. I knew by these harbingers who were coming. Landor.

Depriving of thought; ecstatic. "Heart-robbing gladness." Spenser.

matin and globulin, and is also called hæmatoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called hæmatocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood.

Same as Hæmochromometer.

A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese. [U. S.]

The climbing stem of the hop. Blackstone.