SOFT-SHELLED CRABS

Definition: SOFT-SHELLED CRABS

SOFT-SHELLED CRABS

1. Are blue crabs that have recently cast their shells. See Cancer ; also, Box crab , Fiddler crab , Hermit crab , Spider crab , etc., under Box , Fiddler . etc. 2. The zodiacal constellation Cancer. 3. [See Crab , a.] (Bot.) A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste. When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl. --Shak. 4. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. [Obs.] --Garrick. 5. (Mech.) (a) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc. (b) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc. (c) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn. (d) A claw for anchoring a portable machine.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Anagrams: SOFT-SHELLED CRABS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-d-e-e-f-h-l-l-o-r-s-s-s-t"
	-5 letters: broadsheets, brocatelles, chessboards, cholestases, coatdresses, forecastles, forestalled, softballers.
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Alternative Orthography: SOFT-SHELLED CRABS

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 4F 46 54 2D 53 48 45 4C 4C 45 44 43 52 41 42 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01001111 01000110 01010100 00101101 01010011 01001000 01000101 01001100 01001100 01000101 01000100 00100000 01000011 01010010 01000001 01000010 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#79 &#70 &#84 &#45 &#83 &#72 &#69 &#76 &#76 &#69 &#68 &#32 &#67 &#82 &#65 &#66 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 004F 0046 0054 002D 0053 0048 0045 004C 004C 0045 0044 0043 0052 0041 0042 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

SOFT-SHELLED CRABS

Definition: SOFT-SHELLED CRABS