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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The itch in man; also, the scurvy. [ Colloq. or Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies). [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. [ Low ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Bot.) Any one of various more or less destructive fungus diseases attacking cultivated plants, and usually forming dark-colored crustlike spots. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Scabbed p. pr. & vb. n. Scabbing. ] 1. To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to take the place of a striking worker. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers, escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf. Icel. skālpr scabbard, and G. bergen to conceal. Cf. Hauberk. ] The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scabbard fish (Zool.), a long, compressed, silver-colored taenioid fish (Lepidopus argyreus syn. Lepidopus caudatus), found on the European coasts, and more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called frostfish and considered an excellent food fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To put in a scabbard. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Mean; paltry; vile; worthless. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Scabbiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a scabby manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being scabby. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Scapple. [ 1913 Webster ]