Crossword-Solution: SCAB
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Scab | n. | An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part. |
| Scab | n. | The itch in man; also, the scurvy. |
| Scab | n. | The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep. |
| Scab | n. | A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies). |
| Scab | n. | A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold. |
| Scab | n. | A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. |
| Scab | n. | 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. |
| Scab | v. i. | To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SCAB | anagram | ABCS, BACS, BSAC, CABS, SABC |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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greedy person
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Sentences with SCAB (5)
First, for the sheep soft pencotes I decree To browse in, till green summer's swift return; And that the hard earth under them with straw And handfuls of the fern be littered deep, Lest chill of ice such tender cattle harm With scab and loathly foot-rot.
Kelly and the Republican party rather favored "open shop" or "scab" labor--the right of an American to let his labor to whom he pleased on what terms he pleased.
The powerful fighting organization known as the Pacific Slope Seaman's Union refused to work vessels the cargoes of which were to be handled by scab longshoremen and freight-handlers.
The areola was large and well marked, and 1/4 inch from its outer edge, immediately under the nipple, there was an ulcer with slightly elevated edges measuring about 1 1/4 inches across the base, and having an opening in its center 1/4 inch in diameter, covered with a thin scab.
Yet the ashes may happily serve To cure the scab of the nation, Whene’er’t has an itch to swerve To rebellion by innovation.
Quotes with SCAB (3)
At the core of love is validation. It is what gives love power. For when love is given away, validation seeps in and expands in the heart of the recipient, filling up every empty, dark corner. It is a wonderful, light, consuming feeling we long for, and once found, we hope — even expect — it will forever remain. But there are times when that most precious love is revoked, and a hard scab forms over the empty hole. Though this scab is both healing and protective, it is the rea…
It was entirely possible that one song could destroy your life. Yes, musical doom could fall on a lone human form and crush it like a bug. The song, that song, was sent from somewhere else to find you, to pick the scab of your whole existence. The song was your personal shitty fate, manifest as a throb of pop floating out of radios everywhere.
It doesn't get better," I said. "The pain. The wounds scab over and you don't always feel like a knife is slashing through you. But when you least expect it, the pain flashes to remind you you'll never be the same.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Custom, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYM, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 657 times in crossword archives (1950–2025).