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scab 1. the dried crusty surface of a healing skin wound or sore 2. a contagious disease of sheep, a form of mange, caused by a mite (Psoroptes communis) scab [skab] (building construction) A short, flat piece of lumber that is used to splice two pieces of wood set at right angles to each other. (medicine) Crusty exudate covering a wound or ulcer during the healing process. (metallurgy) A defect consisting of a flat, partially detached piece of metal joined to the surface of a casting or piece of rolled metal. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A refusal of cooks and waiters to serve scab teamsters or teamsters' employers brought out the cooks and waiters. So thoroughly was Bill Totts himself, so thoroughly a workman, a genuine denizen of South of the Slot, that he was as class- conscious as the average of his kind, and his hatred for a scab even exceeded that of the average loyal union man. A gipsy encampment to-day is little more than a moving slum, a scab of squalor on the fair face of the countryside. |
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