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Pronunciation : Scab
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. scab, scabbe, shabbe; cf. AS. sc?b, sceabb, scebb, Dan. & Sw. skab, and also L. scabies, tr. scabere to scratch, akin to E. shave. See Shave, and cf. Shab, Shabby.]
Definition : 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]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Scab
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.

i. [imp. & p. p. Scabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scabbing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913