Crab

crab English + (unit) Noun A unit for measuring the intensity of astrophysical X-ray sources, defined as the intensity of the Crab Nebula at the corresponding X-ray photon energy. Derived terms en milliCrab Proper noun 1 en astronomy astrology The constellation and zodiacal sign Cancer. en 1634 Thomas Carew Cœlum Britanicum. A masque at White-Hall in the Banquetting-House on Shrove-Tuesday-Night, the 18. of February 1633 John Walkley London 11 This Crab, I confeſſe, did ill become the heavens[.] en 1668 ‘Godfridus’ The Knowledge of Things Unknown G.P. for G. Sawbridge London 19 Cancer, or the Crab, commandeth the Stomach, Limbs, Arteries, Milt, Liver and Gall. en 1862 [Frances Rolleston] Mazzaroth, or, The Constellations Rivingtons London 38 The Crab was said to be sent by Juno to bite Hercules in the heel; the Scorpion to have been sent by Ceres to sting Orion. en 1882 Robert Brown On a German Astronomico-astrological Manuscript, and on the Origin of the Signs of the Zodiac J.B. Nichols and Sons London 8 The Crab and the Scorpion much resemble each other, as indeed they do in many other instances, the former being a reduplication of the latter. en 1893 E. W. Bullinger Witness of the Stars The author London 16 The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins,And next the Crab, the Lion shines,The Virgin and the Scales;The Scorpion, Archer, and Sea-Goat, The Man that carries the Water-pot, And Fish with glittering scales. en 14 Nov 1947 Mountain District Free Press and Frentree Gully News Tecoma, Vic. 8 2 Now, if you went down into the forest where the spring gum-tips gleam gold and ruby in whatever sunshine, Heaven thinks fit to apportion at this season to residents of the Dandenongs (who surely were all born Aquarians) what sign of the Zodiac would you expect to meet? [...] Not Taurus the Bull, who is paddocked, or Cancer the Crab, who lives underground in these regions. en 1971 Richard Carpenter (screenwriter) Richard Carpenter Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac Puffin Books Harmondsworth 64 ‘’Tis so, Owlface,’ said Catweazle, ‘the Sign of the Crab.’