[…]O, she is / Ten times more gentle than her father's crabb'd, / And he's composed of harshness.
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Crabbed
/kɹæbd/
Synonyms for "crabbed" (179 found)
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A wrinkled crabbed man they picture thee, Old Winter, with a rugged beard as grey As the long moss upon the apple-tree; […]
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Unlike most aircraft, the B-52's fully-steerable landing gear allows it to land crabbed and stay crabbed throughout rollout without destroying its tires.
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The Ercoupe can't be cross-controlled, so it has to make a crabbed approach in a crosswind rather than using the sideslip technique.
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