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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Roin :: Roin (n.) A scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot..
Scurf :: Scurf (n.) Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff..
Languet :: Languet (n.) That part of the hilt, in certain kinds of swords, which overlaps the scabbard..
Scabbed :: Scabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Sca.
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..
Scabredity :: Scabredity (n.) Roughness; ruggedness.
Sheathe :: Sheathe (v. t.) To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case..
Scall :: Scall (a.) A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp..
Scab :: Scab (n.) A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies)..
Scabwort :: Scabwort (n.) Elecampane.
Scabbard Plane :: Scabbard plane () See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard..
Mange :: Mange (n.) The scab or itch in cattle, dogs, and other beasts..
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..
Cascabel :: Cascabel (n.) The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.].
Scabious :: Scabious (a.) Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions..
Confiscable :: Confiscable (a.) Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.
Dartars :: Dartars (n.) A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.
Scabling :: Scabling (n.) A fragment or chip of stone.
Ronyon :: Ronyon (n.) A mangy or scabby creature.
Scabbedness :: Scabbedness (n.) Scabbiness.
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