The Meaning of scab

• (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.

Synonyms

strikebreaker , blackleg , rat , fink , rat , blackleg

Rhymes

ab , ahab , bab , babb , cab , colab , crab , crabb , crabbe , dab , drab , fab , flab , gab , grab , grabbe , jab , knab , knabb , krabbe , lab , labbe , mab , macnab , mcnab , mcnabb , nab , prefab , punjab , rab , rabb , sabb , schab , slab , stab , tab , tabb , taxicab