crabstick

Noun

archaic obsolete

Japanese Meaning

（現代ではほとんど使われない意味）カニリンゴの木から作られた棍棒、またはそれに類似する木槌 / （同上、古語的意味）怒りっぽい、気難しい人

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He raised the crabstick and warned the poachers to leave his orchard at once.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼はズミの木で作られた棍棒を振り上げ、密猟者たちにただちに果樹園を立ち去るよう警告した。

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Sense（1）

(now rare) A cudgel, originally made of the wood of a crabapple tree, hence any similar club.

[O]ne of them who appeared to have the most spirit had a knotted crab-stick in his hand, and insisted that the Irishman should not leave the company, till he had first given satisfaction for the insult he had committed on them all.

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Sense（2）

(obsolete) A crabby, ill-tempered person.

crabsticks

（ plural ）

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