Phrases related to: shore crab

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cast up	to wash something onto the shore.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
claw off	to beat to windward to avoid being driven on to a lee shore	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
crab mentality	A way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you." The metaphor refers to a pot of crabs in which one tries to escape over the side, but is relentlessly pulled down by the others in the pot.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
heave to and splice the main brace	'Heave to and splice the main brace!' An old salt's invitation to shipmates in a shore side pub to drink-up and be merry!	Rate it: (1.50 / 2 votes)
longer la côte	To hug the shore.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pure finder	Someone who collected dog faeces for sale to tanneries (which used it as a siccative for bookbinding leather). Undertaken by old women in Britain in the 18th century. (Reference: Robert Hughes, The Fatal Shore, 1987, paperback 1996 ISBN 1-86046-150-6 chapter 1 page 21.)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shark bait	A lone swimmer or surfer far from shore, a shark baiter.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shark baiter	A lone swimmer or surfer far from shore; shark bait.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shore up	To strengthen, reinforce, or consolidate.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
sweep up	to transport to shore by waves.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)