scab

n.

1. A crust discharged from and covering a healing wound.
2. Scabies or mange in domestic animals or livestock, especially sheep.
3. 1. Any of various plant diseases caused by fungi or bacteria and resulting in crustlike spots on fruit, leaves, or roots.
   2. The spots caused by such a disease.
4. Slang. A person regarded as contemptible.
5. 1. A worker who refuses membership in a labor union.
   2. An employee who works while others are on strike; a strikebreaker.
   3. A person hired to replace a striking worker.

intr.v., scabbed, scab·bing, scabs.

1. To become covered with scabs or a scab.
2. To work or take a job as a scab.

[Middle English, from Old Norse skabb.]

A short flat piece of lumber which is bolted, nailed, or screwed to two butting pieces in order to splice them together.

scab

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Scab, a term of opprobrium for one who takes the job of a union worker during a strike. The word was used in 1806 at a trial in Philadelphia, where a journeyman shoemaker testified that when he came to America from England in 1794, the local shoemakers' union notified him that he must either join them or be considered a "scab" and be forbidden to work with union men (see Philadelphia Cordwainers' Case). The word "scab" did not come into public notice until about 1885–1886, when unions were coalescing into great national organizations. Its meaning had to be explained to a congressional committee in the latter year.

Bibliography

Kimeldorf, Howard. Battling for American Labor. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A pejorative term used colloquially in reference to a nonunion worker who takes the place of a union employee on strike or who works for wages and other conditions that are inferior to those guaranteed to a union member by virtue of the union contract.

See: labor union.

Informally, a worker who stays on the job while others go on strike. Also, a worker brought in to keep a plant operating when its work force is on strike. (See strikebreaker.)

1. a crust composed of coagulated serum, blood, pus and skin debris covering a skin lesion.
2. used colloquially to mean psoroptic mange.

• s. mites — see chorioptes, psoroptes, sarcoptes.

Any of several fungal diseases that cause rough raised spots on leaves or fruits. Apple scab is a common problem.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sårskorpe, lus, slyngel, skruebrækker, uorganiseret arbejder, skurv
v. intr. - danne sårskorpe, være skruebrækker

Nederlands (Dutch)
stakingbreker, korst, werkwillig zijn, een korst krijgen/vormen

Français (French)
n. - (Méd) croûte, (Bot, Vét) gale, jaune (péj), briseur de grève
v. intr. - former une croûte, se cicatriser, refuser de faire grève

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schorf, Räude, Streikbrecher
v. - verschorfen, als Streichbrecher tätig sein

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κάκαδο, σκωρία φυτών, ψώρα ζώων, απεργοσπάστης, κάθαρμα, ελάττωμα χυτού μετάλλου
v. - κακαδιάζω, ενεργώ ως απεργοσπάστης

Italiano (Italian)
crumiro, ricoprirsi di croste, fare il crumiro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - casca de ferida (f), canalha (m), sarna (f)
v. - formar casca

Русский (Russian)
струп, корка, чесотка, парша, штрейкбрехер, подлец, покрываться струпьями, быть штрейкбрехером, тесать камень

Español (Spanish)
n. - esquirol, rompehuelgas
v. intr. - sustituir a un huelguista

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sårskorpa, skabb, oorganiserad arbetare, knöl (sl), svinpäls (sl)
v. - bilda sårskorpa, läka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
痂, 疤, 工贼, 恶棍, 结痂, 当工贼

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 痂, 疤, 工賊, 惡棍
v. intr. - 結痂, 當工賊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (상처의) 딱지, 노동조합 비조합원, 깡패
v. intr. - (상처에) 딱지가 앉다, 비조합원으로서 행동하다, 파업을 방해하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - かさぶた, 疥癬, 黒星病, スト破り, 非労働組合員
v. - かさぶたになる, スト破りをする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص محتقر, جرب ألماشيه (فعل) يبتلى بألجرب, يجرب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גלד, קרום-פצע, גרדת, מפר-שביתה, עובד לא מאורגן, אדם לא-סימפטי‬
v. intr. - ‮הגליד, הפר שביתה‬

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