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Scab

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(1):

(n.) Any one of various more or less destructive fungus diseases attacking cultivated plants, and usually forming dark-colored crustlike spots.

(2):

(n.) A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies).

(3):

(v. i.) To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.

(4):

(n.) A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.

(5):

(n.) The itch in man; also, the scurvy.

(6):

(n.) The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep.

(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.

(8):

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

(9):

(n.) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Scab'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/scab.html. 1828.
 
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