Definition of scab

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

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Rook :: Rook (n.) A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species..
Scabble :: Scabble (v. t.) See Scapple.
Scab :: Scab (n.) An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part..
Frog :: Frog (n.) The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.
Scab :: Scab (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..
Scall :: Scall (a.) A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp..
Scabling :: Scabling (n.) A fragment or chip of stone.
Sheathe :: Sheathe (v. t.) To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case..
Scurf :: Scurf (n.) Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff..
Scabbedness :: Scabbedness (n.) Scabbiness.
Bunch Grass :: Bunch grass () A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass..
Scabby :: Scabby (superl.) Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy..
Itch :: Itch (n.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact..
Scabrous :: Scabrous (a.) Fig.: Harsh; unmusical.
Scabrousness :: Scabrousness (n.) The quality of being scabrous.
Mangily :: Mangily (adv.) In a mangy manner; scabbily.
Cascabel :: Cascabel (n.) The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.].
Scab :: Scab (n.) A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies)..
Scald :: Scald (a.) Affected with the scab; scabby.
Confiscable :: Confiscable (a.) Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.
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