Word Meaning

scab definition and meaning

n. An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part.
n. The itch in man; also, the scurvy.
n. The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep.
n. A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies).
n. A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.
n. A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.
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.
v. i. To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.

Crossword clues for scab

- Blackleg (coll)
- Blackleg worker covers up wound
- Crust formed over a cut
- Crust on a wound
- Crust over a cut
- Crusty surface of a strikebreaker
- First of strikes called about blackleg
- Graze crust
- Healing abrasion mark
- Healing crust
- Picket-line crosser
- Plant disease
- Sign of a healing wound
- Sore crust
- Strike breaker
- Strike-breaker
- Strike-breaker (slang)
- Strike-breaking worker
- Strikebreaker
- Strikebreaker commences as blackleg
- Strikebreaker drives cabs
- Strikebreaker drives cabs for a bit
- Wound crust
- Wound encrustation