Category:Scab

Scab, n. Etym: [oe. scab, scabbe, shabbe; cf. As. scæb, sceabb, Scebb, dan. & sw. skab, and also l. scabies, tr. scabere to scratch, Akin to e. shave. See shave, and cf. Shab, shabby.]

1. An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by The drying up of the discharge from the diseased part.

2. The itch in man; also, the scurvy. [colloq. or obs.]

3. The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep. Chaucer.

4. A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a Minute fungus (tiburcinia scabies).

5. (founding)

Defn: a slight iregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a Casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.

6. A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. [low] shak.

7. 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. [cant]

Scab Scab, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scabbing.]

Defn: to become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.