† ˈcrabbish, a. Obs.
[f. crab n.1 + -ish: cf. crabbed.]
Cross, crabbed.
| c 1485 Digby Myst. (1882) ii. 91 Such crabyysh wordes do aske a blow. a 1592 Greene Arbasto iii, With a coy countenance, she gave me this crabbish answere. 1606 Dekker Sev. Sinnes iv. (Arb.) 34 Crabbish Satyristes. |