skæb n. & v. --n. 1 a
dry rough crust formed
over a
cut,
sore, etc. in healing. 2 (often attrib.) colloq. derog. a
person who refuses to
strike or
join a
trade union, or who tries to break a strike by
working; a
blackleg. 3
the mange or a
similar skin disease esp. in animals. 4 a
fungous plant-disease causing scablike roughness. 5 a dislikeable person. --v.intr. (scabbed, scabbing) 1
act as a scab. 2 (of a wound etc.)
form a scab;
heal over. øøscabbed adj. scabby adj. (scabbier, scabbiest). scabbiness n. scablike adj. [ME f. ON skabbr (unrecorded), corresp. to OE sceabb]