Definition of scab

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Scab (n.) A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies)..

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Ipecacuanha :: Ipecacuanha (n.) The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cephaelis Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac (Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac (Richardsonia scabra)..
Scald :: Scald (a.) Affected with the scab; scabby.
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..
Roynish :: Roynish (a.) Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome..
Scall :: Scall (a.) A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp..
Scabious :: Scabious (a.) Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions..
Hair Grass :: Hair grass () A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira or Deschampsia..
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 (v. i.) To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over..
Pommelion :: Pommelion (n.) The cascabel, or hindmost knob, of a cannon..
Scabby :: Scabby (superl.) Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy..
Roin :: Roin (n.) A scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot..
Scabrous :: Scabrous (a.) Fig.: Harsh; unmusical.
Scabbard :: Scabbard (n.) The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath..
Scabredity :: Scabredity (n.) Roughness; ruggedness.
Scab :: Scab (n.) The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep..
Chape :: Chape (n.) The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap..
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..
Sheath :: Sheath (n.) A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard..
Scab :: Scab (n.) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold..
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