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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Scabble :: Scabble (v. t.) See Scapple.
Scurf :: Scurf (n.) Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff..
Scabbed :: Scabbed (a.) Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs.
Unsheathe :: Unsheathe (v. t.) To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword..
Scab :: Scab (n.) A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies)..
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..
Shab :: Shab (n.) The itch in animals; also, a scab..
Frog :: Frog (n.) The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.
Scab :: Scab (n.) The itch in man; also, the scurvy..
Dartars :: Dartars (n.) A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.
Languet :: Languet (n.) That part of the hilt, in certain kinds of swords, which overlaps the scabbard..
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..
Frostfish :: Frostfish (n.) A name applied in New Zealand to the scabbard fish (Lepidotus) valued as a food fish.
Scabbed :: Scabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Sca.
Ronyon :: Ronyon (n.) A mangy or scabby creature.
Scabredity :: Scabredity (n.) Roughness; ruggedness.
Scab :: Scab (n.) A mean, dirty, paltry fellow..
Trichiuriform :: Trichiuriform (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Trichiurus or family Trichiuridae, comprising the scabbard fishes and hairtails..
Sheathe :: Sheathe (v. t.) To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case..
Scabrous :: Scabrous (a.) Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly..
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