Scāb, n.
n. [A-S. scābb, sceabb, scabb, Dan. skab, Sw. skabb, Prov. Ger. schabe, Lat. scabies, It. scabbia, allied to A-S. scafan, Goth. skaban, O. H. Ger. scaban, N. H. Ger. schaben, L. Ger. schawen, Icel. skafa, Dan. skave, Sw. skafva, Eng. shave, Lat. scabere, to scratch.]
- (Med.) An incrustation over a sore or wound, formed by the desiccation of the secretion of the diseased part.
- A contagious disease of sheep, resembling the mange in horses, &c.
- A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. [Low.] Shak.