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Scab [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. An encrusted substance, dry and rough, formed over a sore in healing.

2. The itch or mange in horses; a disease of sheep.

3. A mean, dirty paltry fellow. [Low.]

Scab [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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. 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.

Scab [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.

Scabbard [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The sheath of a sword.

Scabbard [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To put in a sheath.

Scabbard [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath.

Scabbard [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To put in a scabbard.

Scabbard plane Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard.

Scabbed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs.

2. Mean; paltry; vile; worthless.

Scabbed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs.

2. Fig.: Mean; paltry; vile; worthless.

Scabbed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Scab

Scabbedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The state of being scabbed.

Scabbedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Scabbiness.

Scabbily [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a scabby manner.

Scabbiness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The quality of being scabby.

Scabbiness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being scabby.

Scabbing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Scab

Scabble [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Scapple.

Scabby [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs.

2. Diseased with the scab or mange; mangy.

Scabby [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs.

2. Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy.

Scabies [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The itch.

Scabious [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Consisting of scabs; rough itch; leprous; as scabious eruptions.

Scabious [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A plant of the genus Scabiosa.

Scabious [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions.

2. Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositae, and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not connected.

Scabling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A fragment or chip of stone.

Scabredity [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Roughness; ruggedness. [Not in use.]

Scabredity [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Roughness; ruggedness.

Scabrous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. [Latin scabrosus, scaber, from scabies, scab.

2. Rough; rugged; having sharp points.

3. Harsh; unmusical.

Scabrous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly.

2. Fig.: Harsh; unmusical.

Scabrousness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Roughness; ruggedness.

Scabrousness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality of being scabrous.

Scabwort [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A plant, a species of Helenium.

Scabwort [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Elecampane.

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10 KJV and 3 BSB verses contain “Scab”

Leviticus 13:2

When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or a bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:

“When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that could become an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.

Leviticus 13:6

And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

The priest will examine him again on the seventh day, and if the sore has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a rash. The person must wash his clothes and be clean.

Leviticus 13:7

But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:

But if the rash spreads further on his skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he must present himself again to the priest.

Leviticus 13:8

And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.

The priest will reexamine him, and if the rash has spread on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; he has a skin disease.

Leviticus 14:56

And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:

and for a swelling, rash, or spot,

Leviticus 21:20

Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

Leviticus 22:22

Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.

You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD.

Deuteronomy 28:27

The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.

Isaiah 3:17

Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.

the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”

Jeremiah 47:6

O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’