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crab yaws

crab yaws noun: a disease in the West Indies; a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges.

Noun

crab yaws pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete, plural, plural-only, rare) A disease in the West Indies; a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges.
    • The fungous excrescences on the soles of the feet; called crab yaws, often prove very obstinate , and remain a long time after the disease has totally disappeared in other parts1803, Thomas Masterman Winterbottom, An Account of the Native Africans in the Neighbourhood of Sierra Leone

Questions about crab yaws

What does crab yaws mean?
Crab yaws means a disease in the West Indies; a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges.
What part of speech is crab yaws?
Crab yaws is a noun.

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  9. crab-apple
  10. crab-apples
  11. crab-core

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