Obs. [Du. krab-schuyte, f. krabbe CRAB sb.1 + schuit boat.] A small open fishing-boat with sails.

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1614.  Markham, Way to Wealth, in Arb., Garner, IV. 333. Vessels of divers fashions … go … for herrings … and they be called … Sword-Pinks … Crab-Skuits, and Yevers.

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