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719 words match “ABB”

SCABBARD PLANE n.
See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard.
SCABBED a. 2 definitions
Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs.
SCABBEDNESS n.
Scabbiness.
SCABBILY adv.
In a scabby manner.
SCABBINESS n.
The quality or state of being scabby.
SCABBLE v.
See Scapple.
SCABBY a. 2 definitions
Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
SCRABBED EGGS n.
A Lenten dish, composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and seasoned with butter, salt, and pepper. Halliwell.
SCRABBLE v. 4 definitions
tch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree. Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and getting up made shift to scrabble on his way. Bunyan.
SEA CABBAGE n.
See Sea kale, under Kale.
SHABBED a.
Shabby. [Obs.] Wood.
SHABBILY adv.
In a shabby manner.
SHABBINESS n.
The quality or state of being sghabby.
SHABBLE; SHABBLE n.
A kind of crooked sword or hanger. [Scot.]
SHABBY a. 3 definitions
Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged. Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts. Macaulay.
SLABBER v. 6 definitions
To wet and foul spittle, or as if with spittle. He slabbered me over, from cheek to cheek, with his great tongue. Arbuthnot.
SLABBERER n.
One who slabbers, or drools; hence, an idiot.
SLABBERY a.
Like, or covered with, slabber or slab; slippery; sloppy.
SLABBINESS n.
Quality of being slabby.
SLABBING a.
Adapted for forming slabs, or for dressing flat surfaces. Slabbing machine, a milling machine.
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