a. Obs. rare. [Of obscure origin. Cf. WRAWED a.] Perverse; difficult to manage.
1540. J. Heywood, Four P. P., 986. By theyr condicions so croked and crabbed, Frowardly fashonde, so waywarde and wrabbed.
1568. Jacob & Esau, II. ii. Haue any mo maisters suche a man as I haue?… so eluishe, so frowarde? So crabbed, so wrabbed, so stiffe, so vntowarde?
