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n (context|rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
n A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
v (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
v (transitive|US|slang) To ruin.
v (intransitive) (by analogy with the movement of a crab) To move sideways of an aircraft, such as a glider.
v (transitive) (by analogy with the movement of a crab) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
v (obsolete|World War I), to fly slightly off the straight-line course towards an enemy aircraft, as the machine guns on early aircraft did not allow firing through the propeller disk.
n The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
v (obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour