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scab

Audio Help [skab] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, scabbed, scab·bing.

–noun

1.	the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.

2.	Veterinary Pathology. a mangy disease in animals, esp. sheep; scabies. Compare itch (def. 10).

Plant Pathology.

a.	a disease of plants characterized by crustlike lesions on the affected parts and caused by a fungus or bacterium.

b.	one of these crustlike lesions.

4.	a worker who refuses to join a labor union or to participate in a union strike, who takes a striking worker's place on the job, or the like.

5.	Slang. a rascal or scoundrel.

Metallurgy.

a.	a projection or roughness on an ingot or casting from a defective mold.

b.	a surface defect on an iron or steel piece resulting from the rolling in of scale.

7.	Carpentry. a short, flat piece of wood used for various purposes, as binding two timbers butted together or strengthening a timber at a weak spot.

–verb (used without object)

8.	to become covered with a scab.

9.	to act or work as a scab.

[Origin: 1200–50; 1800–10 for def. 4; ME < ON skabb scab, itch; cf. shabby, shave

]

—Related forms

scablike, adjective

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scab Audio Help (skāb) Pronunciation Key
n.

A crust discharged from and covering a healing wound.
Scabies or mange in domestic animals or livestock, especially sheep.
1. Any of various plant diseases caused by fungi or bacteria and resulting in crustlike spots on fruit, leaves, or roots.
2. The spots caused by such a disease.
3. A worker who refuses membership in a labor union.
4. An employee who works while others are on strike; a strikebreaker.
5. A person hired to replace a striking worker.
Slang A person regarded as contemptible.
1. A worker who refuses membership in a labor union.
2. An employee who works while others are on strike; a strikebreaker.
3. A person hired to replace a striking worker.

intr.v. scabbed, scab·bing, scabs

To become covered with scabs or a scab.
To work or take a job as a scab.

[Middle English, from Old Norse skabb.]

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scab

c.1250, "skin disease," developed from O.E. sceabb "scab, itch" (related to scafan "to scratch") and from O.N. skabb "scab, itch," both from P.Gmc. *skab- "scratch, shave" (related to shabby). Sense reinforced by cognate L. scabies "scab, itch, mange" (from scabere "to scratch;" see scabies). Meaning "crust which forms over a wound or sore" is first attested c.1400. Meaning "strikebreaker" first recorded 1806, from earlier sense of "person who refuses to join a trade union" (1777), probably from meaning "despicable person" (1590), possibly borrowed in this sense from M.Du.

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scab
noun
1.	someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
2.	the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion
verb
1.	form a scab; "the wounds will eventually scab"
2.	take the place of work of someone on strike [syn: fink]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
scab1 [skӕb] noun

a crust formed over a sore or wound

Arabic:	قِشْرَة الجُرْح
Chinese (Simplified):	痂
Chinese (Traditional):	痂
Czech:	strup
Danish:	sårskorpe
Dutch:	roofje
Estonian:	kärn
Finnish:	rupi
French:	croûte
German:	der Schorf
Greek:	κρούστα πληγής
Hungarian:	var
Icelandic:	hrúður
Indonesian:	kerak
Italian:	crosta

Japanese:	かさぶた
Korean:	(상처의) 딱지
Latvian:	krevele
Lithuanian:	šašas
Norwegian:	sårskorpe
Polish:	strup
Portuguese (Brazil):	casca, escara
Portuguese (Portugal):	crosta
Romanian:	crustă
Russian:	струп, корка
Slovak:	chrasta
Slovenian:	krasta
Spanish:	costra, postilla
Swedish:	skorpa
Turkish:	kabuk, yara kabuğu

scab2 [skӕb] noun

any of several diseases of animals or plants

Arabic:	جَرَب الماشِيَه
Chinese (Simplified):	斑点病
Chinese (Traditional):	斑點病
Czech:	prašivina
Danish:	skurv; svampesygdom
Dutch:	schurft
Estonian:	kärntõbi
Finnish:	syyhy, rupi
French:	gale
German:	die Räude
Greek:	ψώρα
Hungarian:	rüh
Icelandic:	húðsjúkdómur í plöntum, *dÿrum
Indonesian:	koreng
Italian:	scabbia, rogna

Japanese:	腐敗病
Korean:	(동물의) 개선, 옴; (식물의) 반점병
Latvian:	kašķis; kraupis
Lithuanian:	niežai, rauplės
Norwegian:	skabb; skurv
Polish:	świerzb
Portuguese (Brazil):	sarna
Portuguese (Portugal):	sarna
Romanian:	ciupercă
Russian:	парша
Slovak:	prašina, svrab
Slovenian:	garje
Spanish:	sarna, roña
Swedish:	skabb
Turkish:	koyun uyuzu; hastalık

scab3 [skӕb] noun

a workman who refuses to join a strike

Arabic:	عامِل يَرْفُض الإنضِمام إلى الإضْراب، خارِج على الإجْ�
Chinese (Simplified):	工贼
Chinese (Traditional):	工賊
Czech:	stávkokaz
Danish:	strejkebryder
Dutch:	onderkruiper
Estonian:	streigimurdja
Finnish:	rikkuri
French:	briseur, *-euse de grève
German:	der, *die Streikbrecher(in)
Greek:	απεργοσπάστης
Hungarian:	sztrájktörő
Icelandic:	verkfallsbrjótur
Indonesian:	buruh yang mau ikut mogok
Italian:	crumiro

Japanese:	スト破り
Korean:	파업 불참 노동자
Latvian:	streiklauzis
Lithuanian:	streiklaužys
Norwegian:	streikebryter
Polish:	łamistrajk
Portuguese (Brazil):	fura-greve
Portuguese (Portugal):	fura-greves
Romanian:	spărgător de grevă
Russian:	штрейкбрехер
Slovak:	štrajkokaz
Slovenian:	stavkokaz
Spanish:	esquirol
Swedish:	strejkbrytare
Turkish:	grev kırıcı

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scab Audio Help (skāb) Pronunciation Key
A crust that forms over a healing wound, consisting of dried blood, plasma, and other secretions.

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scab

Informally, a worker who stays on the job while others go on strike. Also, a worker brought in to keep a plant operating when its work force is on strike. (See strikebreaker.)

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Scab

Scab\, n. (Bot.) Any one of various more or less destructive fungus diseases attacking cultivated plants, and usually forming dark-colored crustlike spots.

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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]

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Scab

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

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