See Also: partan(medicine)
partan(dictionary)

partan (iou)



partan noun. Scot. & north. LME.
[App. Celtic (Gaelic, Manx partan, Irish parton, partan), perh. ult. from Old Irish partaing red.]
A crab; esp. the edible crab, Cancer pagurus. LME.
An ugly or bad-tempered person. L19.