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scab::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blackleg, rat, strikebreaker |
| Type of | worker |
scab::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | solid body substance |
| Has types | eschar |
| Derivation | scabby |
Examples of scab
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It is time to begin spraying crabapple trees that are susceptible to apple scab.
From the dailyherald.com
Common scab is most serious on potatoes, but also affects some other root crops.
From the edp24.co.uk
Those that resist apple scab and have been proven to thrive in the South Sound.
From the thenewstribune.com
Do we hide in the corner while the scab of this mess is once again picked open?
From the jsonline.com
After a few days, the irritated skin and pus will dry and a crusty scab will form.
From the sfgate.com
Maybe it'll scab over and become a battle scar on his way to future golfing glory.
From the news-journalonline.com
This is patent, else the scab would not loom so large on the labor-market horizon.
From the theatlantic.com
The scab of Iraq hasn't yet healed, and Afghanistan remains a sucking chest wound.
From the battleland.blogs.time.com
Numerous issues cause brown spots on apples, the most common being apple scab.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- Form a scab; "the wounds will eventually scab"
- Fink: take the place of work of someone on strike
- The crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion
- Home Movies is a dialogue-driven American animated series that originally aired from 1999 to 2004. The plot surrounds an eight-year-old Brendon Small (voiced by the creator, head writer, and lead musician of Home Movies, Brendon Small), who makes films with his friends Melissa Robbins and Jason ...
- A strikebreaker (sometimes derogatorily called a scab) is a person who works despite an ongoing strike. ...
- An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing; The scabies; The mange, especially when it appears on sheep; Several different diseases of potatoes producing pits and other damage on their surface, caused by Streptomyces -bacteria; Short form for common scab, a ...
- A discrete, superficial lesion involving localised severe roughening or pitting; more commonly abnormal thickening of the surface layers, with or without the development of cork (Holliday, 1989).
- The crust of dry blood that forms over a wound.
