Scab

n.	1.	An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part.
	2.	The itch in man; also, the scurvy.
	3.	The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep.
	4.	A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies).
	5.	(Founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.
	6.	A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.
	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.
	8.	(Bot.) Any one of various more or less destructive fungus diseases attacking cultivated plants, and usually forming dark-colored crustlike spots.
v. i.	1.	To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over. [imp. & p. p. Scabbed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scabbing.]
	2.	to take the place of a striking worker.

Noun	1.	scab - someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike Synonyms: blackleg, strikebreaker, rat
	2.	scab - the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion
Verb	1.	scab - form a scab; "the wounds will eventually scab"
	2.	scab - take the place of work of someone on strike Synonyms: blackleg, rat

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