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A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. [Obs.] "We rest your hermits." Shak. Hermit crab (Zoöl.), a marine decapod crustacean of the family Paguridæ. The species are numerous, and belong to many genera. Called also soldier crab. The hermit crabs usually occupy the dead shells of various univalve mollusks. See Illust…

A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white- faced hornet (V. maculata) is larger and has simil…

The Limulus or horseshoe crab.

A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly.

Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.

e who proceeds to wanton hostility, often provokes an enemy where he might have a friend. Crabb.

A bone near the middle of the buttock of a horse. Crabb.

irm, chitinous coating on shells and stones, and esp. on spiral shells occupied by hermit crabs. See Illust. of Athecata.

Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.

Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.

Hoofbound. Crabb.

d as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious. Jonah crab (Zoöl.), a large crab (Cancer borealis) of the eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found between tides, but usually in deep water.

The twenty-fourth part of a grain; -- a weight used by goldsmiths. Crabb.

dedicated to the Virgin Mary. -- Lady court, the court of a lady of the manor. -- Lady crab (Zoöl.), a handsomely spotted swimming crab (Platyonichus ocellatus) very common on the sandy shores of the Atlantic coast of the United States. -- Lady fern. (Bot.) See Female fern, under Female, and Illust. of Fern. -- La…

ce blink. -- Land breeze. See under Breeze. -- Land chain. See Gunter's chain. -- Land crab (Zoöl.), any one of various species of crabs which live much on the land, and resort to the water chiefly for the purpose of breeding. They are abundant in the West Indies and South America. Some of them grow to a large size.…

Like or pertaining to the Leucosoidea, a tribe of marine crabs including the box crab or Calappa.

nd one (Limulus polyphemus) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called also Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and horsefoot.

A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts. Crabb.

s; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc.

Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also spider crab.