Definition of scrub

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Scrub (n.) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.

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Scrub :: Scrub (n.) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc..
Scrub :: Scrub (v. t.) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate..
Scrubber :: Scrubber (n.) A gas washer. See under Gas.
Scrub :: Scrub (n.) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc..
Scrubstone :: Scrubstone (n.) A species of calciferous sandstone.
Holystone :: Holystone (v. t.) To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel..
Hog :: Hog (v. t.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom..
Scrub :: Scrub (n.) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
Hog :: Hog (n.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water..
Holystone :: Holystone (n.) A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.
Scrubber :: Scrubber (n.) One who, or that which, scrubs; esp., a brush used in scrubbing..
Scrub :: Scrub (a.) Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
Scrub :: Scrub (v. i.) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living..
Scrubbed :: Scrubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Scru.
Scrubby :: Scrubby (superl.) Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur..
Scrubboard :: Scrubboard (n.) A baseboard; a mopboard.
Scrub :: Scrub (n.) Something small and mean.
Scrubbing :: Scrubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scru.
Scrubbed :: Scrubbed (a.) Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.
Housework :: Housework (n.) The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like..
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