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Bible Dictionaries
Scrub
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A worn-out brush.
(2):
(n.) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc.
(3):
(v. i.) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living.
(4):
(n.) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
(5):
(n.) Something small and mean.
(6):
(n.) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.
(7):
(v. t.) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.
(8):
(n.) A low, straggling tree of inferior quality.
(9):
(a.) Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
(10):
(n.) Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush. See Brush, above.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Scrub'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/scrub.html. 1828.
