scab
21scab — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Swedish skabbr scab; akin to Old English sceabb scab, Latin scabere to scratch more at shave Date: 13th century 1. scabies of domestic animals 2. a crust of hardened blood and …
22scab — [[t]skæ̱b[/t]] scabs 1) N COUNT A scab is a hard, dry covering that forms over the surface of a wound. The area can be very painful until scabs form after about ten days. 2) N COUNT (disapproval) People who continue to work during a strike are… …
23scab — [[t]skæb[/t]] n. v. scabbed, scab•bing 1) pat the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing 2) vet any mangy skin disease in animals, esp. sheep 3) a) ppa a fungal or bacterial disease of plants characterized by crustlike… …
24scab — [13] Old English had a word sceabb ‘scab’. This survived into modern English as shab, a dialectal synonym of scab, but it is only represented in the mainstream language by its derivative shabby. It is its Old Norse relative skabbr, borrowed in… …
25scab — [13] Old English had a word sceabb ‘scab’. This survived into modern English as shab, a dialectal synonym of scab, but it is only represented in the mainstream language by its derivative shabby. It is its Old Norse relative skabbr, borrowed in… …
26scab — 1. noun /skæb/ a) An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing. , 1882: Scab was the terror of the sheep farmer, and the peril of his calling. mdash; James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and… …
27scab — n. a scab falls off; forms * * * [skæb] forms a scab falls off …
28scab — noun 1》 a dry, rough protective crust that forms over a cut or wound during healing. 2》 mange or a similar skin disease in animals. ↘any of a number of fungal diseases of plants in which rough patches develop, especially on apples and… …
29scab — UK [skæb] / US noun [countable] Word forms scab : singular scab plural scabs 1) a hard layer of dry blood that forms when a cut on your skin is getting better 2) offensive an insulting word for someone who continues to work when the people who… …
30scab — n. & v. n. 1 a dry rough crust formed over a cut, sore, etc. in healing. 2 (often attrib.) colloq. derog. a person who refuses to strike or join a trade union, or who tries to break a strike by working; a blackleg. 3 the mange or a similar skin… …
