| slovo | definícia |
scab
(mass) | scab
- darebák |
scab
(encz) | scab,stroupek n: Pino |
scab
(encz) | scab,strup n: Zdeněk Brož |
scab
(encz) | scab,strupovatět v: Pino |
Scab
(gcide) | Scab \Scab\ (sk[a^]b), n. [OE. scab, scabbe, shabbe; cf. AS.
scaeb, sceabb, scebb, Dan. & Sw. skab, and also L. scabies,
fr. scabere to scratch, akin to E. shave. See Shave, and
cf. Shab, Shabby.]
1. 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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2. The itch in man; also, the scurvy. [Colloq. or Obs.]
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3. The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep. --Chaucer.
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4. A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface,
caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies).
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5. (Founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces
the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a
part of the mold.
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6. A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. [Low] --Shak.
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7. 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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8. (Bot.) Any one of various more or less destructive fungus
diseases attacking cultivated plants, and usually forming
dark-colored crustlike spots.
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Scab
(gcide) | Scab \Scab\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scabbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scabbing.]
1. To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.
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2. to take the place of a striking worker.
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scab
(wn) | scab
n 1: someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
[syn: scab, strikebreaker, blackleg, rat]
2: the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion
v 1: form a scab; "the wounds will eventually scab"
2: take the place of work of someone on strike [syn: fink,
scab, rat, blackleg] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
scab
(mass) | scab
- darebák |
scabbard
(mass) | scabbard
- pošva, púzdro |
cascabel
(encz) | cascabel, n: |
field scabious
(encz) | field scabious, n: |
potato scab bacteria
(encz) | potato scab bacteria, n: |
russet scab
(encz) | russet scab, n: |
scab
(encz) | scab,stroupek n: Pinoscab,strup n: Zdeněk Brožscab,strupovatět v: Pino |
scabbard
(encz) | scabbard,pochva n: pouzdro na zbraň Zdeněk Brožscabbard,pouzdro n: Zdeněk Brožscabbard,pouzdro na zbraň n: Zdeněk Brož |
scabby
(encz) | scabby,strupovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
scabicide
(encz) | scabicide, n: |
scabies
(encz) | scabies,svrab n: Zdeněk Brož |
scabiosa
(encz) | scabiosa, n: |
scabious
(encz) | scabious, n: |
scabrous
(encz) | scabrous,drsný adj: Jakub Kalousekscabrous,nemravný adj: Zdeněk Brožscabrous,odporný adj: Zdeněk Brožscabrous,oplzlý adj: Zdeněk Brožscabrous,strupatý adj: Jakub Kalousek |
sweet scabious
(encz) | sweet scabious, n: |
wheat scab
(encz) | wheat scab, n: |
Agrostis scabra
(gcide) | Flyaway grass \Flyaway grass\ (Bot.)
The hair grass (Agrostis scabra). So called from its light
panicle, which is blown to great distances by the wind.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Hair grass \Hair" grass`\ (gr[.a]s`). (Bot.)
A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the
Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira or
Deschampsia.
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Cascabel
(gcide) | Cascabel \Cas"ca*bel\, n. [Sp. cascabel a little bell, also (fr.
the shape), a knob at the breech end of a cannon.]
The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a
knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In
old writers it included all in rear of the base ring.
Note: [See Illust. of Cannon.]
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Confiscable
(gcide) | Confiscable \Con*fis"ca*ble\, a. [Cf. F. confiscable.]
Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.
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Crown scab
(gcide) | Crown \Crown\ (kroun), n. [OE. corone, coroun, crune, croun, OF.
corone, corune, F. couronne, fr. L. corona crown, wreath;
akin to Gr. korw`nh anything curved, crown; cf. also L.
curvus curved, E. curve, curb, Gael. cruinn round, W. crwn.
Cf. Cornice, Corona, Coroner, Coronet.]
1. A wreath or garland, or any ornamental fillet encircling
the head, especially as a reward of victory or mark of
honorable distinction; hence, anything given on account
of, or obtained by, faithful or successful effort; a
reward. "An olive branch and laurel crown." --Shak.
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They do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an
incorruptible. --1 Cor. ix.
25.
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Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a
crown of life. --Rev. ii. 10.
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2. A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors,
kings, princes, etc.
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Note: Nobles wear coronets; the triple crown of the pope is
usually called a tiara. The crown of England is a
circle of gold with crosses, fleurs-de-lis, and
imperial arches, inclosing a crimson velvet cap, and
ornamented with thousands of diamonds and precious
stones.
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3. The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the
sovereign; -- with the definite article.
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Parliament may be dissolved by the demise of the
crown. --Blackstone.
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Large arrears of pay were due to the civil and
military servants of the crown. --Macaulay.
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4. Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.
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There is a power behind the crown greater than the
crown itself. --Junius.
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5. Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity,
or finish.
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The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found
in the way of righteousness. --Prov. xvi.
31.
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A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband. --Prov.
xvi. 4.
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6. Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.
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Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss. --Milton.
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7. The topmost part of anything; the summit.
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The steepy crown of the bare mountains. --Dryden.
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8. The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.);
that part of the head from which the hair descends toward
the sides and back; also, the head or brain.
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From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches.
--Shak.
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Twenty things which I set down:
This done, I twenty more-had in my crown. --Bunyan.
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9. The part of a hat above the brim.
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10. (Anat.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum;
also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.
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11. (Arch.) The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied
generally to about one third of the curve, but in a
pointed arch to the apex only.
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12. (Bot.) Same as Corona.
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13. (Naut.)
(a) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to
the shank.
(b) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a
level line.
(c) pl. The bights formed by the several turns of a
cable. --Totten.
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14. The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
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15. The dome of a furnace.
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16. (Geom.) The area inclosed between two concentric
perimeters.
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17. (Eccl.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head,
as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
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18. A size of writing paper. See under Paper.
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19. A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a
denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver
coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little
more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money
of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents.
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20. An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the
paper is stamped with a crown.
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Crown of aberration (Astron.), a spurious circle around the
true circle of the sun.
Crown antler (Zool.), the topmost branch or tine of an
antler; also, an antler having a cuplike top, with tines
springing from the rim.
Crown bar, one of the bars which support the crown sheet of
steam-boiler furnace.
Crown glass. See under Glass.
Crown imperial. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.
Crown jewels, the jewels appertaining to the sovereign
while wearing the crown. [Eng.] "She pawned and set to
sale the crown jewels." --Milton.
Crown land, land belonging to the crown, that is, to the
sovereign.
Crown law, the law which governs criminal prosecutions.
[Eng.]
Crown lawyer, one employed by the crown, as in criminal
cases. [Eng.]
Crown octavo. See under Paper.
Crown office. See in the Vocabulary.
Crown paper. See under Paper.
Crown piece. See in the Vocabulary.
Crown Prince, the heir apparent to a crown or throne.
Crown saw. See in the Vocabulary.
Crown scab (Far.), a cancerous sore formed round the
corners of a horse's hoof.
Crown sheet, the flat plate which forms the top of the
furnace or fire box of an internally fired steam boiler.
Crown shell. (Zool.) See Acorn-shell.
Crown side. See Crown office.
Crown tax (Eccl. Hist.), a golden crown, or its value,
which was required annually from the Jews by the king of
Syria, in the time of the Maccabees. --1 Macc. x. 20.
Crown wheel. See in the Vocabulary.
Crown work. See in the Vocabulary.
Pleas of the crown (Engl. law), criminal actions.
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Festuca scabrella
(gcide) | Barnyard grass, for hay. South. Panicum Grus-galli. Bent,
pasture and hay. Agrostis, several species. Bermuda grass,
pasture. South. Cynodon Dactylon. Black bent. Same as {Switch
grass} (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. {Andropogon
provincialis}. Blue grass, pasture. Poa compressa. Blue joint,
hay. Northwest. Aqropyrum glaucum. Buffalo grass, grazing.
Rocky Mts., etc.
(a) Buchlo["e] dectyloides.
(b) Same as Grama grass (below). Bunch grass, grazing.
Far West. Eriocoma, Festuca, Stips, etc. Chess,
or Cheat, a weed. Bromus secalinus, etc. Couch
grass. Same as Quick grass (below). Crab grass,
(a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. Panicum sanguinale.
(b) Pasture and hay. South. Eleusine Indica. Darnel
(a) Bearded, a noxious weed. Lolium temulentum.
(b) Common. Same as Rye grass (below). Drop seed, fair
for forage and hay. Muhlenbergia, several species.
English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow
grass.
(a) Pasture and hay. Poa serotina.
(b) Hay, on moist land. Gryceria nervata. Gama grass,
cut fodder. South. Tripsacum dactyloides. Grama
grass, grazing. West and Pacific slope. {Bouteloua
oligostachya}, etc. Great bunch grass, pasture and
hay. Far West. Festuca scabrella. Guinea grass, hay.
South. Panicum jumentorum. Herd's grass, in New
England Timothy, in Pennsylvania and South Redtop.
Indian grass. Same as Wood grass (below). Italian
rye grass, forage and hay. Lolium Italicum. Johnson
grass, grazing and hay. South and Southwest. {Sorghum
Halepense}. Kentucky blue grass, pasture. {Poa
pratensis}. Lyme grass, coarse hay. South. Elymus,
several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay.
Glyceria, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture
and hay. Festuca elatior. Meadow foxtail, pasture,
hay, lawn. North. Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow
grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Poa, several species.
Mesquite grass, or Muskit grass. Same as Grama grass
(above). Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed.
Muhlenbergia diffsa. Orchard grass, pasture and hay.
Dactylis glomerata. Porcupine grass, troublesome to
sheep. Northwest. Stipa spartea. Quaking grass,
ornamental. Briza media and maxima. Quitch, or
Quick, grass, etc., a weed. Agropyrum repens. Ray
grass. Same as Rye grass (below). Redtop, pasture
and hay. Agrostis vulgaris. Red-topped buffalo
grass, forage. Northwest. Poa tenuifolia. Reed
canary grass, of slight value. Phalaris arundinacea.
Reed meadow grass, hay. North. Glyceria aquatica.
Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary
grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. Lolium perenne,
var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North.
Hierochloa borealis. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native
in Northern Europe and Asia. Festuca ovina. Small
reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia
Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as Meadow grass
(above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals.
Seacoast and Northwest. Hordeum jubatum. Switch
grass, hay, cut young. Panicum virgatum. Timothy,
cut young, the best of hay. North. Phleum pratense.
Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus
lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn.
Anthoxanthum odoratum. Wire grass, valuable in
pastures. Poa compressa. Wood grass, Indian grass,
hay. Chrysopogon nutans.
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Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
true grasses botanically considered, such as black
grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
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Black grass, a kind of small rush (Juncus Gerardi),
growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
Grass of the Andes, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
avenaceum} of Europe.
Grass of Parnassus, a plant of the genus Parnassia
growing in wet ground. The European species is {Parnassia
palustris}; in the United States there are several
species.
Grass bass (Zool.), the calico bass.
Grass bird, the dunlin.
Grass cloth, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
grass-cloth plant.
Grass-cloth plant, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
(B[oe]hmeria nivea syn. Urtica nivea), which grows in
Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
Grass finch. (Zool.)
(a) A common American sparrow ({Po["o]c[ae]tes
gramineus}); -- called also vesper sparrow and
bay-winged bunting.
(b) Any Australian finch, of the genus Po["e]phila, of
which several species are known.
Grass lamb, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
and giving rich milk.
Grass land, land kept in grass and not tilled.
Grass moth (Zool.), one of many small moths of the genus
Crambus, found in grass.
Grass oil, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
India from grasses of the genus Andropogon, etc.; --
used in perfumery under the name of citronella, {ginger
grass oil}, lemon grass oil, essence of verbena etc.
Grass owl (Zool.), a South African owl (Strix Capensis).
Grass parrakeet (Zool.), any of several species of
Australian parrots, of the genus Euphemia; -- also
applied to the zebra parrakeet.
Grass plover (Zool.), the upland or field plover.
Grass poly (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
Crass quit (Zool.), one of several tropical American
finches of the genus Euetheia. The males have most of
the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
Grass snake. (Zool.)
(a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
natrix}).
(b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
See Green snake, under Green.
Grass snipe (Zool.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
maculata}); -- called also jacksnipe in America.
Grass spider (Zool.), a common spider (Agelena n[ae]via),
which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered
with dew.
Grass sponge (Zool.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge
from Florida and the Bahamas.
Grass table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Grass vetch (Bot.), a vetch (Lathyrus Nissolia), with
narrow grasslike leaves.
Grass widow. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[aum]senka a grass widow.]
(a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
(b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
husband. [Slang.]
Grass wrack (Bot.) eelgrass.
To bring to grass (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
surface of the ground.
To put to grass, To put out to grass, to put out to graze
a season, as cattle.
[1913 Webster]Bunch grass \Bunch" grass`\ (Bot.)
A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In
California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and
several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah,
Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass.
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Neck of a cascabel
(gcide) | Neck \Neck\ (n[e^]k), n. [OE. necke, AS. hnecca; akin to D. nek
the nape of the neck, G. nacken, OHG. nacch, hnacch, Icel.
hnakki, Sw. nacke, Dan. nakke.]
1. The part of an animal which connects the head and the
trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more
slender than the trunk.
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2. Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or
resembling the neck of an animal; as:
(a) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of
a fruit, as a gourd.
(b) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main
body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
(c) (Mus.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar
instrument, which extends from the head to the body,
and on which is the finger board or fret board.
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3. (Mech.) A reduction in size near the end of an object,
formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the
journal of a shaft.
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4. (Bot.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant
arises from the root.
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Neck and crop, completely; wholly; altogether; roughly and
at once. [Colloq.]
Neck and neck (Racing), so nearly equal that one cannot be
said to be before the other; very close; even; side by
side.
Neck of a capital. (Arch.) See Gorgerin.
Neck of a cascabel (Gun.), the part joining the knob to the
base of the breech.
Neck of a gun, the small part of the piece between the
chase and the swell of the muzzle.
Neck of a tooth (Anat.), the constriction between the root
and the crown.
Neck or nothing (Fig.), at all risks.
Neck verse.
(a) The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the
benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the
fifty-first Psalm, "Miserere mei," etc. --Sir W.
Scott.
(b) Hence, a verse or saying, the utterance of which
decides one's fate; a shibboleth.
These words, "bread and cheese," were their neck
verse or shibboleth to distinguish them; all
pronouncing "broad and cause," being presently
put to death. --Fuller.
Neck yoke.
(a) A bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or
carriage is suspended from the collars of the
harnesses.
(b) A device with projecting arms for carrying things (as
buckets of water or sap) suspended from one's
shoulders.
On the neck of, immediately after; following closely; on
the heel of. "Committing one sin on the neck of another."
--W. Perkins.
Stiff neck, obstinacy in evil or wrong; inflexible
obstinacy; contumacy. "I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff
neck." --Deut. xxxi. 27.
To break the neck of, to destroy the main force of; to
break the back of. "What they presume to borrow from her
sage and virtuous rules . . . breaks the neck of their own
cause." --Milton.
To harden the neck, to grow obstinate; to be more and more
perverse and rebellious. --Neh. ix. 17.
To tread on the neck of, to oppress; to tyrannize over.
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Pseudemys scabra
(gcide) | Terrapin \Ter"ra*pin\, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and
brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written
also terapin, terrapen, terrapene, turpen, and
turapen.]
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Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys scabra) of the
Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin
(Pseudemys rugosa or Chrysemys rubriventris),
native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also
potter, slider, and redfender), and the
diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin ({Malaclemmys
palustris}), are the most important American species.
The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole
of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
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Alligator terrapin, the snapping turtle.
Mud terrapin, any one of numerous species of American
tortoises of the genus Cinosternon.
Painted terrapin, the painted turtle. See under Painted.
Speckled terrapin, a small fresh-water American terrapin
(Chelopus guttatus) having the carapace black with round
yellow spots; -- called also spotted turtle.
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Richardsonia scabra
(gcide) | Ipecacuanha \Ip`e*cac`u*an"ha\
([i^]p`[-e]*k[a^]k`[-u]*[a^]n"[.a]), n. [Pg. ipecacuanha (cf.
Sp. ipecacuana); fr. Braz. ipe-kaa-guena, prop., a creeping
plant that causes vomiting.] (Med. & Bot.)
The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb ({Cepha["e]lis
Ipecacuanha}), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant
itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other
plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or
Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac
(Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac
(Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac
(Richardsonia scabra).
[1913 Webster]Coca \Co"ca\, n. [Sp., fr. native name.]
The dried leaf of a South American shrub ({Erythroxylon
Coca}). In med., called Erythroxylon.
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Note: Coca leaves resemble tea leaves in size, shape, and
odor, and are chewed (with an alkali) by natives of
Peru and Bolivia to impart vigor in prolonged exertion,
or to sustain strength in absence of food.
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Mexican coca, an American herb (Richardsonia scabra),
yielding a nutritious fodder. Its roots are used as a
substitute for ipecacuanha.
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Sarcoptes scabei
(gcide) | Itch \Itch\, n.
1. (Med.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated
vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite
(the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is
transmissible by contact.
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2. Any itching eruption.
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3. A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that
occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also
scabies, psora, etc.
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4. A constant irritating desire.
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An itch of being thought a divine king. --Dryden.
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Baker's itch. See under Baker.
Barber's itch, sycosis.
Bricklayer's itch, an eczema of the hands attended with
much itching, occurring among bricklayers.
Grocer's itch, an itching eruption, being a variety of
eczema, produced by the sugar mite ({Tyrogluphus
sacchari}).
Itch insect (Zool.), a small parasitic mite ({Sarcoptes
scabei}) which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin,
thus causing the disease known as the itch. See Illust. in
Append.
Itch mite. (Zool.) Same as Itch insect, above. Also,
other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the
horse and ox.
Sugar baker's itch, a variety of eczema, due to the action
of sugar upon the skin.
Washerwoman's itch, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring
among washerwomen.
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Scabbard
(gcide) | Scabbard \Scab"bard\, v. t.
To put in a scabbard.
[1913 Webster]Scabbard \Scab"bard\, n. [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers,
escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan.
origin; cf. Icel. sk[=a]lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to
conceal. Cf. Hauberk.]
The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is
kept; a sheath.
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Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
--Fairfax.
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Scabbard fish (Zool.), a long, compressed, silver-colored
taenioid fish (Lepidopus argyreus syn. {Lepidopus
caudatus}), found on the European coasts, and more
abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called
frostfish and considered an excellent food fish.
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Scabbard fish
(gcide) | Scabbard \Scab"bard\, n. [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers,
escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan.
origin; cf. Icel. sk[=a]lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to
conceal. Cf. Hauberk.]
The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is
kept; a sheath.
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Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
--Fairfax.
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Scabbard fish (Zool.), a long, compressed, silver-colored
taenioid fish (Lepidopus argyreus syn. {Lepidopus
caudatus}), found on the European coasts, and more
abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called
frostfish and considered an excellent food fish.
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Scabbard plane
(gcide) | Scabbard plane \Scab"bard plane`\
See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard.
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Scabbed
(gcide) | Scabbed \Scab"bed\ (? or ?), a.
1. Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs.
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2. Fig.: Mean; paltry; vile; worthless. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]Scab \Scab\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scabbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scabbing.]
1. To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.
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2. to take the place of a striking worker.
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Scabbedness
(gcide) | Scabbedness \Scab"bed*ness\, n.
Scabbiness.
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Scabbier
(gcide) | Scabby \Scab"by\, a. [Compar. Scabbier; superl. Scabbiest.]
1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
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2. Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy. --Swift.
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Scabbiest
(gcide) | Scabby \Scab"by\, a. [Compar. Scabbier; superl. Scabbiest.]
1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
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2. Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy. --Swift.
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Scabbily
(gcide) | Scabbily \Scab"bi*ly\, adv.
In a scabby manner.
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Scabbiness
(gcide) | Scabbiness \Scab"bi*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being scabby.
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Scabbing
(gcide) | Scab \Scab\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scabbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scabbing.]
1. To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.
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2. to take the place of a striking worker.
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Scabble
(gcide) | Scabble \Scab"ble\, v. t.
See Scapple.
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Scabby
(gcide) | Scabby \Scab"by\, a. [Compar. Scabbier; superl. Scabbiest.]
1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
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2. Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy. --Swift.
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Scabies
(gcide) | Scabies \Sca"bi*es\, n. (Med.)
The itch.
[1913 Webster]Itch \Itch\, n.
1. (Med.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated
vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite
(the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is
transmissible by contact.
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2. Any itching eruption.
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3. A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that
occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also
scabies, psora, etc.
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4. A constant irritating desire.
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An itch of being thought a divine king. --Dryden.
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Baker's itch. See under Baker.
Barber's itch, sycosis.
Bricklayer's itch, an eczema of the hands attended with
much itching, occurring among bricklayers.
Grocer's itch, an itching eruption, being a variety of
eczema, produced by the sugar mite ({Tyrogluphus
sacchari}).
Itch insect (Zool.), a small parasitic mite ({Sarcoptes
scabei}) which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin,
thus causing the disease known as the itch. See Illust. in
Append.
Itch mite. (Zool.) Same as Itch insect, above. Also,
other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the
horse and ox.
Sugar baker's itch, a variety of eczema, due to the action
of sugar upon the skin.
Washerwoman's itch, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring
among washerwomen.
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scabies
(gcide) | Scabies \Sca"bi*es\, n. (Med.)
The itch.
[1913 Webster]Itch \Itch\, n.
1. (Med.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated
vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite
(the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is
transmissible by contact.
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2. Any itching eruption.
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3. A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that
occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also
scabies, psora, etc.
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4. A constant irritating desire.
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An itch of being thought a divine king. --Dryden.
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Baker's itch. See under Baker.
Barber's itch, sycosis.
Bricklayer's itch, an eczema of the hands attended with
much itching, occurring among bricklayers.
Grocer's itch, an itching eruption, being a variety of
eczema, produced by the sugar mite ({Tyrogluphus
sacchari}).
Itch insect (Zool.), a small parasitic mite ({Sarcoptes
scabei}) which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin,
thus causing the disease known as the itch. See Illust. in
Append.
Itch mite. (Zool.) Same as Itch insect, above. Also,
other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the
horse and ox.
Sugar baker's itch, a variety of eczema, due to the action
of sugar upon the skin.
Washerwoman's itch, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring
among washerwomen.
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Scabiosa atropurpurea
(gcide) | Mourning \Mourn"ing\, a.
1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
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2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as
appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing;
as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin,
and the like.
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Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden flower ({Scabiosa
atropurpurea}) with dark purple or crimson flowers in
flattened heads.
Mourning dove (Zool.), a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura)
found throughout the United States; -- so named from its
plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove. See Illust.
under Dove.
Mourning warbler (Zool.), an American ground warbler
(Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck,
and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat
and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.
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Scabious
(gcide) | Scabious \Sca"bi*ous\, a. [L. scabiosus, from scabies the scab:
cf. F. scabieux.]
Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious
eruptions. --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]Scabious \Sca"bi*ous\, n. [Cf. F. scabieuse. See Scabious, a.]
(Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of
which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositae,
and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not
connected.
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Sweet scabious.
(a) Mourning bride.
(b) A daisylike plant (Erigeron annuus) having a stout
branching stem.
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scabline
(gcide) | Scabling \Scab"ling\, n. [See Scapple.]
A fragment or chip of stone. [Written also scabline.]
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Scabling
(gcide) | Scabling \Scab"ling\, n. [See Scapple.]
A fragment or chip of stone. [Written also scabline.]
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Scabredity
(gcide) | Scabredity \Sca*bred"i*ty\, n. [L. scabredo, fr. scaber rough.]
Roughness; ruggedness. [Obs.] --Burton.
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Scabrous
(gcide) | Scabrous \Sca"brous\, a. [L. scabrosus, fr. scaber rough: cf. F.
scabreux.]
1. Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots,
scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly. --Arbuthnot.
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2. Fig.: Harsh; unmusical. [R.]
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His verse is scabrous and hobbling. --Dryden.
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Scabrousness
(gcide) | Scabrousness \Sca"brous*ness\, n.
The quality of being scabrous.
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Scabwort
(gcide) | Scabwort \Scab"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
Elecampane.
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Sheep scabious
(gcide) | Sheep \Sheep\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc?p,
sce['a]p; akin to OFries. sk?p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf,
OHG. sc[=a]f, Skr. ch[=a]ga. [root]295. Cf. Sheepherd.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the
genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both
hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.
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Note: The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) varies much in size,
in the length and texture of its wool, the form and
size of its horns, the length of its tail, etc. It was
domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct
breeds have been produced; as the merinos, celebrated
for their fine wool; the Cretan sheep, noted for their
long horns; the fat-tailed, or Turkish, sheep,
remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which
often has to be supported on trucks; the Southdowns, in
which the horns are lacking; and an Asiatic breed which
always has four horns.
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2. A weak, bashful, silly fellow. --Ainsworth.
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3. pl. Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government
and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.
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Rocky mountain sheep.(Zool.) See Bighorn.
Maned sheep. (Zool.) See Aoudad.
Sheep bot (Zool.), the larva of the sheep botfly. See
Estrus.
Sheep dog (Zool.), a shepherd dog, or collie.
Sheep laurel (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Kalmia
angustifolia}) with deep rose-colored flowers in corymbs.
Sheep pest (Bot.), an Australian plant (Acaena ovina)
related to the burnet. The fruit is covered with barbed
spines, by which it adheres to the wool of sheep.
Sheep run, an extensive tract of country where sheep range
and graze.
Sheep's beard (Bot.), a cichoraceous herb ({Urospermum
Dalechampii}) of Southern Europe; -- so called from the
conspicuous pappus of the achenes.
Sheep's bit (Bot.), a European herb (Jasione montana)
having much the appearance of scabious.
Sheep pox (Med.), a contagious disease of sheep,
characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon
the skin.
Sheep scabious. (Bot.) Same as Sheep's bit.
Sheep shears, shears in which the blades form the two ends
of a steel bow, by the elasticity of which they open as
often as pressed together by the hand in cutting; -- so
called because used to cut off the wool of sheep.
Sheep sorrel. (Bot.), a prerennial herb ({Rumex
Acetosella}) growing naturally on poor, dry, gravelly
soil. Its leaves have a pleasant acid taste like sorrel.
Sheep's-wool (Zool.), the highest grade of Florida
commercial sponges (Spongia equina, variety gossypina).
Sheep tick (Zool.), a wingless parasitic insect
(Melophagus ovinus) belonging to the Diptera. It fixes
its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the
blood, leaving a swelling. Called also sheep pest, and
sheep louse.
Sheep walk, a pasture for sheep; a sheep run.
Wild sheep. (Zool.) See Argali, Mouflon, and Oorial.
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Sweet scabious
(gcide) | Scabious \Sca"bi*ous\, n. [Cf. F. scabieuse. See Scabious, a.]
(Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of
which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositae,
and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not
connected.
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Sweet scabious.
(a) Mourning bride.
(b) A daisylike plant (Erigeron annuus) having a stout
branching stem.
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Tiburcinia Scabies
(gcide) | Scab \Scab\ (sk[a^]b), n. [OE. scab, scabbe, shabbe; cf. AS.
scaeb, sceabb, scebb, Dan. & Sw. skab, and also L. scabies,
fr. scabere to scratch, akin to E. shave. See Shave, and
cf. Shab, Shabby.]
1. 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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2. The itch in man; also, the scurvy. [Colloq. or Obs.]
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3. The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep. --Chaucer.
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4. A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface,
caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies).
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5. (Founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces
the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a
part of the mold.
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6. A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. [Low] --Shak.
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7. 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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8. (Bot.) Any one of various more or less destructive fungus
diseases attacking cultivated plants, and usually forming
dark-colored crustlike spots.
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cascabel
(wn) | cascabel
n 1: a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse
that is pulling a sleigh [syn: sleigh bell, cascabel] |
centaurea scabiosa
(wn) | Centaurea scabiosa
n 1: tall European perennial having purple flower heads [syn:
great knapweed, greater knapweed, Centaurea scabiosa] |
field scabious
(wn) | field scabious
n 1: perennial having bluish-lilac flowers; introduced in the
eastern United States [syn: field scabious, {Scabiosa
arvensis}] |
gastroboletus scabrosus
(wn) | Gastroboletus scabrosus
n 1: a dingy yellow brown fungus with a rough stalk that
superficially resembles a bolete |
genus scabiosa
(wn) | genus Scabiosa
n 1: annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs; mainly
Mediterranean |
potato scab bacteria
(wn) | potato scab bacteria
n 1: cause of a potato disease characterized by brownish corky
tissue [syn: potato scab bacteria, {Streptomyces
scabies}] |
russet scab
(wn) | russet scab
n 1: rhizoctinia disease of potatoes [syn: little potato,
rosette, russet scab, stem canker] |
scab
(wn) | scab
n 1: someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
[syn: scab, strikebreaker, blackleg, rat]
2: the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion
v 1: form a scab; "the wounds will eventually scab"
2: take the place of work of someone on strike [syn: fink,
scab, rat, blackleg] |
scabbard
(wn) | scabbard
n 1: a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet |
scabby
(wn) | scabby
adj 1: covered with scabs |
scabicide
(wn) | scabicide
n 1: a drug that destroys the itch mite that causes scabies |
scabies
(wn) | scabies
n 1: a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite;
characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation;
"he has a bad case of the itch" [syn: scabies, itch] |
scabiosa
(wn) | scabiosa
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa [syn:
scabious, scabiosa] |
scabiosa arvensis
(wn) | Scabiosa arvensis
n 1: perennial having bluish-lilac flowers; introduced in the
eastern United States [syn: field scabious, {Scabiosa
arvensis}] |
scabiosa atropurpurea
(wn) | Scabiosa atropurpurea
n 1: Old World annual having fragrant purple to deep crimson
flower heads; naturalized in United States [syn: {sweet
scabious}, pincushion flower, mournful widow, {Scabiosa
atropurpurea}] |
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