scab /ˈskæb/
 痂,惡棍,工賊(vi.)結痂,當工賊
 scab /ˈskæb/ 名詞
 Scab n.
 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. [Colloq. or Obs.]
 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. Founding 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. [Low]
 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]
 8. Bot. Any one of various more or less destructive fungus diseases attacking cultivated plants, and usually forming dark-colored crustlike spots.
 Scab, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scabbed p. pr. & vb. n. Scabbing.]
 1. To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.
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 scab
      n 1: someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
           [syn: strikebreaker, blackleg, rat]
      2: the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion
      v 1: form a scab; "the wounds will eventually scab"
      2: take the place of work of someone on strike [syn: rat, blackleg]