Word: crabbed
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...chemical (maleic hydrazide), developed by U.S. Rubber Co., which kills crab grass, also retards the growth of a lawn without damaging it, thus reducing the necessity for frequent mowing...
...varsity race, postponed three hours, Yale edged Cornell by a third of a length in 6:5.0 to win the Joseph Wright Trophy. Rowing a steady 36 throughout the race, the Elis traded leads with Pennsylvania until the last quarter mile when a Quaker oarsman caught a crab at the same time Yale upped the stroke...
...Puritans were ahead going into the stretch, but they caught a crab, and spent enough time recovering to let Eliot slip on to victory. Leverett, Adams, and Lowell were bunched ten seconds behind the winner...
...week off (in Virginia, as in all the South, the Republicans do not count), three mavericks were out to break the firm grip which Senator Byrd keeps on the governor's mansion of his home state. Debate waxed hot on Virginia's hustings. At pre-primary barbecues, crab feasts and picnics, Harry Byrd's obedient lieutenants acted like men who had to work for votes...
...only does this give the shell a long, fast run between strokes, but it lets the crew pause before the catch rather than at the end of the pull, thereby reducing the possibility of catching a crab...