Defn: A slight iregular 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. [Low] Shak.
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. [Cant]
SCAB
Scab, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scabbing.]
Defn: To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.
SCABBARD
Scab"bard, n. Etym: [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers,
escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf.
Icel. skalpr scabbard, and G. bergen to conceal. Cf. Hauberk.]
Defn: The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath. Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade. Fairfax. Scabbard fish (Zoöl.), a long, compressed, silver-colored tænioid fish (Lepidopus caudatus, or argyreus), found on the European coasts, and more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called frostfish and considered an excellent food fish.
SCABBARD
Scab"bard, v. t.
Defn: To put in a scabbard.
SCABBARD PLANE
Scab"bard plane`.