Толковый словарь английского языка - scab
Scab
scab
I. noun see: shave Date: 13th century ~ies of domestic animals, a crust of hardened blood and serum over a wound, 3. a contemptible person, b. a worker who refuses to join a labor union, a union member who refuses to strike or returns to work before a strike has ended, a worker who accepts employment or replaces a union worker during a strike, one who works for less than union wages or on nonunion terms, any of various bacterial or fungus diseases of plants characterized by crustaceous spots, II. intransitive verb (~bed; ~bing) Date: 1683 to become covered with a ~, to act as a ~
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n. & v. --n. 1 a dry rough crust formed over a cut, sore, etc. in healing. 2 (often attrib.) colloq. derog. a person who refuses to strike or join a trade union, or who tries to break a strike by working; a blackleg. 3 the mange or a similar skin disease esp. in animals. 4 a fungous plant-disease causing scablike roughness. 5 a dislikeable person. --v.intr. (scabbed, scabbing) 1 act as a scab. 2 (of a wound etc.) form a scab; heal over. Derivatives scabbed adj. scabby adj. (scabbier, scabbiest). scabbiness n. scablike adj. Etymology: ME f. ON skabbr (unrecorded), corresp. to OE sceabb ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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