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Definition scab

Etymology

From Middle English scabb, scabbe (also as shabbe, schabbe > English shab), from Old English s?�b, s?eb, s?eabb (�scab�) and Old Norse skabb (�scab, scabies�), both from Proto-Germanic *skabbaz (�scab, scabies�), from Proto-Indo-European *skab- (�to cut, split, carve, shape�). Cognate with German Schabe (�scabies�), Danish skab (�scab, scabies�), Swedish skabb (�scab, scabies�), Latin scabies (�scab, itch, mange�). Related also to Old English scafan (�to scrape, shave�), Latin scabere (�to scratch�), English shabby.

Noun

scab (plural scabs)

An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
(colloquial or obsolete) The scabies.
The mange, especially when it appears on sheep.
Any of several different diseases of potatoes producing pits and other damage on their surface, caused by streptomyces bacteria (but formerly believed to be caused by a fungus).
Common scab, a relatively harmless variety of scab (potato disease) caused by Streptomyces scabies.
(phytopathology) Any one of various more or less destructive fungal diseases that attack cultivated plants, forming dark-colored crustlike spots.
(founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.
A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.
(derogatory, slang) A worker who acts against trade union policies, especially a strikebreaker.

Verb

scab (third-person singular simple present scabs, present participle scabbing, simple past and past participle scabbed)

(intransitive) To become covered by a scab or scabs.
(intransitive) To form into scabs and be shed, as damaged or diseased skin.
(transitive) To remove part of a surface (from).
(intransitive) To act as a strikebreaker.
(transitive, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, informal) To beg (for), to cadge or bum.

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8 letter words with the letters SCAB ↑

ABACUSES 15

ABBACIES 17

ABDUCENS 17

ABREACTS 14

ABSCISED 15

ABSCISES 14

ABSCISIN 15

ABSCISSA 14

ABSCONDS 16

ABSENCES 15

ABSTRACT 14

ABSTRICT 14

ACERBEST 14

ACROBATS 14

AEROBICS 14

ALEMBICS 18

AMBSACES 17

ARABICAS 14

ARBUSCLE 16

ASBESTIC 14

ASCORBIC 17

ASCRIBED 15

ASCRIBES 14

BABICHES 19

BACALAOS 15

BACCARAS 17

BACCHIUS 20

BACILLUS 17

BACKCAST 21

BACKFITS 21

BACKHOES 20

BACKINGS 21

BACKLASH 21

BACKLESS 19

BACKLIST 19

BACKLOGS 21

BACKMOST 21

BACKOUTS 19

BACKREST 18

BACKRUSH 21

BACKSAWS 21

BACKSEAT 18

BACKSETS 18

BACKSIDE 19

BACKSLAP 22

BACKSLID 20

BACKSPIN 22

BACKSTAB 21

BACKSTAY 20

BACKSTOP 21

BACKWASH 23

BACULUMS 20

BALANCES 16

BALDRICS 16

BALSAMIC 18

BANAUSIC 16

BANNOCKS 20

BARBASCO 17

BARCHANS 17

BARRACKS 18

BASALTIC 15

BASCULES 16

BASICITY 16

BASILICA 15

BATCHERS 16

BAWCOCKS 24

BAWDRICS 18

BEARCATS 14

BECHALKS 21

BECHARMS 19

BECLASPS 18

BECLOAKS 19

BECRAWLS 18

BERASCAL 15

BIFOCALS 18

BIPHASIC 19

BIVOUACS 19

BLACKENS 20

BLACKEST 19

BLACKISH 21

BLANCHES 18

BLEACHES 17

BLUECAPS 19

BOOKCASE 18

BOSCAGES 16

BRACEROS 14

BRACHETS 16

BRACINGS 17

BRACKENS 19

BRACKETS 18

BRACKISH 20

BRANCHES 17

BRASSICA 14

BREACHES 16

BRECCIAS 17

BRECHAMS 19

BRECHANS 17

BRISANCE 15

BROACHES 16

BROCADES 15

BUCKRAMS 22

BUCKSAWS 22

BULLACES 17

BUYBACKS 24

CABALISM 18

CABALIST 15

CABARETS 14

CABBAGES 19

CABBALAS 18

CABESTRO 14

CABEZONS 24

CABILDOS 16

CABINETS 15

CABOMBAS 20

CABOOSES 14

CABOSHED 17

CABRESTA 14

CABRESTO 14

CABSTAND 16

CALABASH 17

CALIBERS 15

CALIBRES 15

CALLBOYS 18

CAMBISMS 20

CAMBISTS 17

CAMBIUMS 21

CAMBRICS 20

CANNABIS 16

CARABAOS 14

CARABIDS 15

CARABINS 15

CARBARNS 15

CARBIDES 15

CARBINES 15

CARBORAS 14

CARIBOUS 15

CASCABEL 18

CASCABLE 18

CASEBOOK 18

CASHABLE 17

CASHBOOK 20

CASSABAS 14

CASTABLE 15

CATAWBAS 17

CATBIRDS 15

CATBOATS 14

CAUSABLE 16

CEMBALOS 18

CHABOUKS 21

CHAMBERS 19

CHASUBLE 18

CHUBASCO 20

CLABBERS 18

CLAMBERS 18

CLOSABLE 16

COALBINS 16

COHABITS 16

COPAIBAS 17

CORBINAS 15

CORDOBAS 15

COWBANES 18

CRABBERS 17

CRABWISE 17

CRAMBOES 17

CROSSBAR 14

CROWBARS 17

CUDBEARS 16

CUTBACKS 22

CUTBANKS 20

DEBACLES 16

DIABASIC 15

DIEBACKS 19

EMBRACES 17

FASTBACK 21

FATBACKS 21

FINBACKS 22

HACKBUTS 21

HIBACHIS 18

HOGBACKS 22

ICEBOATS 14

ISOBARIC 14

JACOBINS 24

LABRUSCA 16

MACUMBAS 21

MINICABS 18

MOSSBACK 21

NONBASIC 16

OBSTACLE 15

OUTBACKS 19

PAYBACKS 23

PEDICABS 18

PLACEBOS 18

RUNBACKS 20

SABBATIC 17

SACKBUTS 19

SAMBUCAS 18

SAPROBIC 17

SAUCEBOX 22

SAWBUCKS 22

SCABBARD 18

SCABBIER 17

SCABBILY 20

SCABBING 20

SCABBLED 19

SCABBLES 18

SCABIOSA 14

SCABIOUS 15

SCABLAND 17

SCABLIKE 19

SCABROUS 15

SCALABLE 16

SCALABLY 18

SCATBACK 21

SCRABBLE 18

SCRABBLY 20

SCRAMBLE 18

SCUMBAGS 20

SEABEACH 16

SETBACKS 18

SICKBAYS 20

SKEWBACK 25

SLOTBACK 19

SNAPBACK 22

SOCIABLE 15

SOCIABLY 17

SOFTBACK 21

SUBACRID 16

SUBACUTE 16

SUBCASTE 15

SUBCAUSE 16

SUBCLANS 17

SUBCLASS 16

SUBRACES 15

SUBSCALE 16

SUBSPACE 18

SUBTRACT 15

SUBVICAR 19

SUBVOCAL 20

SUCCUBAE 19

SWAYBACK 23

SYLLABIC 18

TABETICS 14

TAXICABS 21

TIEBACKS 18

TOBACCOS 17

TOMBACKS 21

TRIBASIC 14

UNBRACES 16

VOCABLES 19

WETBACKS 21

7 letter words with the letters SCAB ↑

ABDUCES 15

ABDUCTS 15

ABSCESS 13

ABSCISE 13

ABSCOND 15

ABSENCE 14

AMBSACE 16

ASCRIBE 13

AUCUBAS 15

BACKERS 17

BACKSAW 20

BACKSET 17

BACKUPS 21

BASCULE 15

BASILIC 14

BATCHES 15

BEACHES 15

BEACONS 14

BECALMS 17

BECAUSE 14

BECLASP 17

BIBASIC 16

BICARBS 16

BIFACES 16

BIPACKS 20

BOBCATS 16

BOCCIAS 16

BONACIS 14

BORACES 13

BOSCAGE 15

BOXCARS 20

BRACERS 13

BRACHES 15

BUCKRAS 18

BUCKSAW 21

CABALAS 14

CABANAS 14

CABBIES 16

CABLETS 14

CABOOSE 13

CAMBERS 16

CAMBISM 19

CAMBIST 16

CARBONS 14

CARBOYS 15

CARIBES 13

CASABAS 13

CASBAHS 15

CASHBOX 22

CASSABA 13

CHABLIS 16

CHABUKS 20

COBALTS 14

COMBATS 16

CONFABS 17

CORBANS 14

CRAMBES 16

CRAMBOS 16

CUBAGES 16

CYMBALS 19

DIBASIC 14

FABRICS 16

HUBCAPS 19

IAMBICS 16

JACOBUS 23

MOBCAPS 19

RUBACES 14

SACBUTS 14

SACKBUT 18

SAMBUCA 17

SAWBUCK 21

SCABBED 17

SCABBLE 17

SCABIES 13

SCARABS 13

SCRIBAL 14

SCUMBAG 19

SEBACIC 16

SEBASIC 13

SETBACK 17

SICKBAY 19

SUBACID 15

SUBCLAN 16

SUBRACE 14

SUCCUBA 18

SUNBACK 19

TAMBACS 16

TOMBACS 16

6 letter words with the letters SCAB ↑

ABACAS 12

ABACUS 13

BACHES 14

BACONS 13

BANCOS 13

BASICS 12

BECAPS 15

BLACKS 17

BRACES 12

BRACHS 14

BRACTS 12

CABALS 13

CABERS 12

CABINS 13

CABLES 13

CABOBS 15

CARBOS 12

CAROBS 12

CASABA 12

CASBAH 14

CEIBAS 12

COBIAS 12

COBRAS 12

SACBUT 13

SCABBY 17

SCARAB 12

SCUBAS 13

5 letter words with the letters SCAB ↑

BACKS 15

BASIC 11

CARBS 11

CRABS 11

SCABS 11

SCUBA 12

4 letter words with the letters SCAB ↑

CABS 10

SCAB 10

3 letter words with the letters SCAB ↑

ABS 6

BAS 6

CAB 9

SAB 6

SAC 6

2 letter words with the letters SCAB ↑

AB 5

AS 2

BA 5

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