A crab is any of various crustaceans with four pairs of legs, a pair of pincers, a flattish shell, and a short, broad abdomen folded under its thorax. Several similar animals, such as the crab louse, or the hermit crab[?], are also called crabs.
A crab is any of various machines used to hoist heavy objects.
... that evening, Kitty rejects him in the expectation that Vronsky is about to propose to her.
The following morning Stiva and Vronsky are at the station to welcome Anna and ...