(n) a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation, Syn. itch, Example:he has a bad case of the itch

scabious

(n) any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa, Syn. scabiosa

scablands

(n) (geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington)

scabrous

(adj) dealing with salacious or indecent material, Example:a scabrous novel

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Scab

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. ]

Scab

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 ]

Scabbard

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 ]

Scabbard

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

Scabbard plane

See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scabbed

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

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

Scabbedness

n. Scabbiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scabbily

adv. In a scabby manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scabbiness