"scab" Definition

Definitions for the word "scab" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The itch in man; also, the scurvy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies).
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. i.
To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
1 crust over a healing cut, sore, etc. 2 (often attrib.) Colloq. Derog. Blackleg. 3 skin disease, esp. In animals. 4 fungous plant disease. v. (-bb-) 1 colloq. Derog. Act as a blackleg. 2 form a scab, heal over. scabby adj. (-ier, -iest). [old norse: cf. *shabby]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
10. slang
a worthless person.—_Old._ Shakspeare uses “scald” in a similar sense.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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