partan

American

[pahr-tn] / ˈpɑr tn /

noun

Scot.

a crab.

partan British

/ ˈpartən, ˈpɑːtən /

noun

a Scot word for crab 1 crab 1

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Etymology

Origin of partan

1375–1425; late Middle English ( Scots ) < Scots Gaelic: crab

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partan

The male of the black-clawed crab, Cancer pagurus; also of the partan or common crab.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

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