01 n. An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part.
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An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part.
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The itch in man; also, the scurvy.[Colloq. or Obs.]
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The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep.
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A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies).
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A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.(Founding)
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A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.[Low]
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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]
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Any one of various more or less destructive fungus diseases attacking cultivated plants, and usually forming dark-colored crustlike spots.(Bot.)