*scab*

a. [ Cf. F. confiscable. ] Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. scab, scabbe, shabbe; cf. AS. scaeb, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The itch in man; also, the scurvy. [ Colloq. or Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies). [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. [ Low ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Bot.) Any one of various more or less destructive fungus diseases attacking cultivated plants, and usually forming dark-colored crustlike spots. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Scabbed p. pr. & vb. n. Scabbing. ] 1. To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to take the place of a striking worker. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers, escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf. Icel. skālpr scabbard, and G. bergen to conceal. Cf. Hauberk. ] The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scabbard fish (Zool.), a long, compressed, silver-colored taenioid fish (Lepidopus argyreus syn. Lepidopus caudatus), found on the European coasts, and more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called frostfish and considered an excellent food fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To put in a scabbard. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Mean; paltry; vile; worthless. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Scabbiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a scabby manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being scabby. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Scapple. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Scabbier superl. Scabbiest. ] 1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Med.) The itch. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. scabiosus, from scabies the scab: cf. F. scabieux. ] Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. scabieuse. See Scabious, a. ] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositae, and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not connected. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sweet scabious. (a) Mourning bride. (b) A daisylike plant (Erigeron annuus) having a stout branching stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Scapple. ] A fragment or chip of stone. [ Written also scabline. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. scabredo, fr. scaber rough. ] Roughness; ruggedness. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. scabrosus, fr. scaber rough: cf. F. scabreux. ] 1. Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Harsh; unmusical. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His verse is scabrous and hobbling. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being scabrous. [ 1913 Webster ]