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   Scab (skăb), 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.
   
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   2. The itch in man; also, the scurvy. [Colloq. or Obs.]
   
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   3. The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep. Chaucer.
   
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   4. A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies).
   
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   5. (Founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.
   
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   6. A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. [Low] Shak.
   
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   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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   8. (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, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scabbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scabbing.]
   1. To become covered with a scab; as, “the wound scabbed over”.
   
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   2. to take the place of a striking worker.
   
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