A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Crab, n.2 [f. Crab v.] A fit of crabbedness or ill-humour. —1539 Prot. Bk. J. Cristisone 66.
Certane vourdis of displessour I spak of ȝow … in my crab
