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Meaning
Noun
●
An
incrustation
over a
sore
,
wound
,
vesicle
, or
pustule
,
formed
during healing.
●
The scabies.
●
The
mange
, especially when it
appears
on sheep.
●
Any of several different
diseases
of
potatoes
producing
pits
and other
damage
on their
surface
,
caused
by
streptomyces
bacteria
(but formerly
believed
to be
caused
by a fungus).
●
Common
scab
, a
relatively
harmless
variety
of
scab
(potato
disease
)
caused
by Streptomyces
scab
ies.
●
In Plant diseases:
Any one of various
more or less
destructive
fungal
diseases
that
attack
cultivated
plants
,
forming
dark-colored
crustlike
spots.
●
A
slight
irregular
protuberance
which
defaces
the
surface
of a
casting
,
caused
by the
breaking away
of a part of the mold.
●
A
mean
,
dirty
,
paltry
fellow.
⚠️
A
worker
who
acts
against
trade union
policies
; any
picket
crosser
(strikebreaker), and especially one with
devotion
to
union
busting.
Verb
●
To become
covered
by a
scab
or
scab
s.
●
To form into
scabs
and be
shed
, as
damaged
or
diseased
skin.
●
To
remove
part of a
surface
(from).
●
To
act
as a strikebreaker.
●
In Australian English, British English & New Zealand English:
To
beg
(for), to
cadge
or bum.
Sourced from
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Origin
scab
English
sceabb
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Blister
Wart
Bruise
Zit
Pimple
Clot
Cyst
Callus
Blackhead
Bandage
Booger
Rot
Toenail
Splinter
Blight
Fungus
Pustule
Bud
Canker
Wound
Fingernail
Smudge
Sponge
Bandaid
Papule
Maggot
Skin
Blisters
Seeds
Cankers
Anthracnose
Lesion
Fruit
Slough
Rash
Blotch
Blemish
Discoloration
Wilt
Seed
Tear
Turd
Stalk
Infection
Rind
Abscess
Crop
Infestation
Virus
Banana
Mildew
Yellowing
Nail
Canker Sore
Plantar Wart
Powdery Mildew
Scar Tissue
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Rhymes
Ab
Ab
Fab
Fab
Abb
Tab
Lab
Dab
Nab
Cab
Gab
Jab
Drab
Scab
Stab
Crab
Babb
Blab
Slab
Flab
Knab
Grab
Scrab
Kebab
Confab
Baobab
Collab
Poor Dab
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