Meaning of పీత in English
- One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body.
- The zodiacal constellation Cancer.
- A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- To make sour or morose; to embitter.
- To beat with a crabstick.
- To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel.
- Sour; rough; austere.
- Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners.
- Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste.
- Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author.
- Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting.
- To move sidewise, as a crab. [Jocular].
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