Scab

SCAB

- noun

1. the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.

2. Veterinary Pathology . a mangy disease in animals, especially sheep; scabies.

3. Plant Pathology .

a. a disease of plants characterized by crust-like lesions on the affected parts and caused by a fungus or bacterium.

b. one of these crust-like lesions.

4. a worker who refuses to join a labour union or to participate in a union strike, who takes a striking worker's place on the job, or the like.

5. a despicable person

6. Metallurgy .

a. a projection or roughness on an ingot or casting from a defective mould.

b. a surface defect on an iron or steel piece resulting from the rolling in of scale.

7. Carpentry . a short, flat piece of wood used for various purposes, as binding two timbers butted together or strengthening a timber at a weak spot.

- verb (used without object)

8 to become covered with a scab

9. (of a road surface) to become loose so that potholes develop

10. to replace a striking worker

Wooden scabs
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