scab

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for scab

scab 🔊 /skæˈb/

scab : කබොළ

scab : කබොල්ල

scab : කොරල

scab : ගඩුව

scab : කොරපොතු

scab definition

Noun.

  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, Especially. 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.

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