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Definition of Scabs

Scab
Scab Scab, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scabbing.] To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.
Scab
Scab 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
Scab Scab, n. (Bot.) Any one of various more or less destructive fungus diseases attacking cultivated plants, and usually forming dark-colored crustlike spots.

Meaning of Scabs from wikipedia

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- gitarist van onder meer The Scabs". Vrtnws.be. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-28. "Willy Willy (59), gitarist van The Scabs, is gestorven". Het Laatste...
- Porcellio scaber (otherwise known as the common rough woodlouse or simply rough woodlouse), is a species of woodlouse native to Europe but with a cosmopolitan...
- Apple scab is a common disease of plants in the rose family (Rosaceae) that is caused by the ascomycete fungus Venturia inaequalis. While this disease...
- MINERS', THE UNION OF DEMOCRATIC MINEWORKERS AND THE 1984-85 MINERS STRIKE: SCABS OR SCAPEGOATS?" (PDF). University of Nottingham. p. 289. Retrieved 21 December...
- disease management. "Resistance to Powdery Scab in Potatoes" (PDF). USDA/ARS. Retrieved 2015-11-11. "Potato scabs/RHS Gardening". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved...
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