Scab word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "scab" word
[noun] someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
[verb] form a scab; of wounds
[verb] take the place of work of someone on strike
\Scab\ (sk[a^]b), n. [OE. scab, scabbe, shabbe; cf. AS. sc[ae]b, sceabb, scebb, Dan. & Sw. skab, and also L. scabies, fr. scabere to scratch, akin to E. shave. See {Shave}, and cf. {Shab}, {Shabby}.] 1. An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part. 2. The itch in man; also, the scurvy. [Colloq. or Obs.] 3. The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep. --Chaucer. 4. A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus ({Tiburcinia Scabies}). 5. (Founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold. 6. A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. [Low] --Shak. 7. 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. [Cant]
\Scab\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scabbing}.] To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.
Synonyms for scab
blackleg, blackleg, cicatrise, cicatrize, rat, rat, scab over, strikebreaker
See also: cutis | do work | eschar | heal | skin | solid body substance | tegument | work | worker |
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Let's analyse "scab" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: BACS. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]
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scab: 1 = 1, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One. |
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