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.
... German translation was
made in 1434 by J. de Bellorivo and is preserved
in Cologne. The editions in German began at
Augsburg in 1486. The first English ...