Scab

Definition:

  • (n.) An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part.
  • (n.) The itch in man; also, the scurvy.
  • (n.) The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep.
  • (n.) A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies).
  • (n.) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.
  • (n.) A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.
  • (n.) A nickname for a workman who engages for lower wages than are fixed by the trades unions; also, for one who takes the place of a workman on a strike.
  • (v. i.) To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.

Compare scab with other words:

scab vs. scan

cab vs. scab

scab vs. swab

scab vs. slab

scab vs. shab

scab vs. scam

scab vs. scad

scab vs. stab

scab vs. scabious

roin vs. scab

scab vs. scar

scab vs. using

clot vs. scab

scab vs. scabbiness

scab vs. sursanure

atter vs. scab

eschar vs. scab

rot vs. scab

scab vs. scud

scab vs. scabby

bum vs. scab

content vs. scab

cadge vs. scab

beg vs. scab

scab vs. scalie

knobstick vs. scab

scab vs. strikebreaker

paltry vs. scab

mold vs. scab

protuberance vs. scab

irregular vs. scab

disease vs. scab

scab vs. sheep

mange vs. scab

scab vs. scabies

incrustation vs. scab

potato vs. scab

blackleg vs. scab