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shab.

Scabies.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃæb/
  1. Scabies.

    UK · countable · dialectal · obsolete · uncountable
  2. A scab.

    UK · countable · dialectal · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English shabbe, schabbe, from Old English sċeabb, from Proto-West Germanic *skabb, from Proto-Germanic *skabbaz. Doublet of scab.

verb/ʃæb/
  1. To scratch; to rub.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English shabbe, schabbe, from Old English sċeabb, from Proto-West Germanic *skabb, from Proto-Germanic *skabbaz. Doublet of scab.

verb/ʃæb/
  1. To move (something, away or out of the way), to drive off.

    UK · dialectal · obsolete
  2. To skulk or sneak away.

    UK · slang
Where this word comes from

See scab.

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