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a. (Zool.) Pertaining to, or surrounding, scrobiculae; as, scrobicular tubercles. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. scrobiculus, dim. of scrobis a ditch or trench. ] (Bot.) Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mottled pottery made from scraps of differently colored clays. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A young codfish, especially when cut open on the back and dressed. [ Written also escrod. ] [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. scrofulae, fr. scrofa a breeding sow, because swine were supposed to be subject to such a complaint, or by a fanciful comparison of the glandular swellings to little pigs; perhaps akin to Gr. &unr_; an old sow: cf. F. scrofules. Cf. Scroyle. ] (Med.) A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may develop into general or local tuberculosis (consumption). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Any affection of the skin dependent on scrofula. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. scrofuleux. ] 1. Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Diseased or affected with scrofula. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scrofulous persons can never be duly nourished. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Scrof"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Scrof"u*lous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Scrag, or Gael. sgrogag anything shriveled, from sgrog to compress, shrivel. ] A stunted shrub, bush, or branch. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]