Scab
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To get covered by a scab. To act as strikebreaker. To beg (for), cadge, bum
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing. (colloquial or obsolete) The scabies. The mange, especially when it appears on sheep. Several different diseases of potatoes producing pits and other damage on their surface, caused by Streptomyces -bacteria. Short form for common scab, a relatively harmless variety of scab caused by Streptomyces scabies. (founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold. A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. A worker who acts against trade union policies, especially a strikebreaker. Any one of various more or less destructive fungus diseases attacking cultivated plants, and forming dark-colored crustlike spots.
Blackleg
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Fatal cattle disease caused by soil-borne bacteria.A person who takes the place of striking workers. A scab.A person who cheats in a game, a cheater.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Relating to a scab worker.