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Wound's covering

By Isabella Wilson
•An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part.•The itch in man; also, the scurvy.•The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep.•A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies).•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 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.•To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.