Scab: alternatives and connections

A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics.

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To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like.

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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Affected with scabs; full of scabs.

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Affected with scabs; full of scabs.

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See Dermis.

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The external membranous integument of an animal.

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A cover or covering; an integument.

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A notorious gambler.

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One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the N…

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