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.
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scab vs. scad
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scab vs. scabious
roin vs. scab
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clot vs. scab
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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
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