Definition of scab

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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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Crampet :: Crampet (n.) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard..
Scabbedness :: Scabbedness (n.) Scabbiness.
Scabbard :: Scabbard (v. t.) To put in a scabbard.
Dartars :: Dartars (n.) A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.
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..
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..
Scabbed :: Scabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Sca.
Pilcher :: Pilcher (n.) A scabbard, as of a sword..
Frostfish :: Frostfish (n.) A name applied in New Zealand to the scabbard fish (Lepidotus) valued as a food fish.
Scabious :: Scabious (a.) Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositae, and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not connected..
Scabby :: Scabby (superl.) Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy..
Scurvy :: Scurvy (n.) Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy..
Shab :: Shab (n.) The itch in animals; also, a scab..
Scabbed :: Scabbed (a.) Fig.: Mean; paltry; vile; worthless.
Scabredity :: Scabredity (n.) Roughness; ruggedness.
Scabbard Plane :: Scabbard plane () See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard..
Itch :: Itch (n.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact..
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..
Scurf :: Scurf (n.) Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff..
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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