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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Scabbed :: Scabbed (a.) Fig.: Mean; paltry; vile; worthless.
Sheathe :: Sheathe (v. t.) To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case..
Dartars :: Dartars (n.) A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.
Frostfish :: Frostfish (n.) A name applied in New Zealand to the scabbard fish (Lepidotus) valued as a food fish.
Confiscable :: Confiscable (a.) Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.
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..
Scabbedness :: Scabbedness (n.) Scabbiness.
Scabredity :: Scabredity (n.) Roughness; ruggedness.
Scab :: Scab (n.) The itch in man; also, the scurvy..
Mount :: Mount (v. t.) Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc..
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..
Scab :: Scab (n.) A mean, dirty, paltry fellow..
Scab :: Scab (v. i.) To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over..
Scabby :: Scabby (superl.) Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy..
Roynish :: Roynish (a.) Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome..
Mange :: Mange (n.) The scab or itch in cattle, dogs, and other beasts..
Scabby :: Scabby (superl.) Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
Subcrystalline :: Subcrustaceous (a.) Occurring beneath a crust or scab; as, a subcrustaceous cicatrization..
Scabious :: Scabious (a.) Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions..
Itch :: Itch (n.) A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc..
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