Definition of scab

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Scab (n.) The itch in man; also, the scurvy..

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Scabrous :: Scabrous (a.) Fig.: Harsh; unmusical.
Rook :: Rook (n.) A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species..
Hair Grass :: Hair grass () A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira or Deschampsia..
Crampet :: Crampet (n.) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard..
Roynish :: Roynish (a.) Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome..
Itch :: Itch (n.) A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc..
Dartars :: Dartars (n.) A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.
Shab :: Shab (n.) The itch in animals; also, a scab..
Breeching :: Breeching (n.) A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged..
Sheathe :: Sheathe (v. t.) To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case..
Scalled :: Scalled (a.) Scabby; scurfy; scall.
Scab :: Scab (n.) An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part..
Scab :: Scab (n.) The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep..
Scabbard Plane :: Scabbard plane () See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard..
Unsheathe :: Unsheathe (v. t.) To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword..
Scratch :: Scratch (n.) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy..
Bunch Grass :: Bunch grass () A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass..
Roin :: Roin (n.) A scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot..
Eschar :: Eschar (n.) A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics..
Scab :: Scab (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..
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