Vocabulary : Scabby to Scaffold

Scabby : Affected with scabs; full of scabs. ;; Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy.
Scabies : The itch.
Scabious : Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions. ;; 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.
Scabling : A fragment or chip of stone.
Scabredity : Roughness; ruggedness.

Scabrous : Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly. ;; Fig.: Harsh; unmusical.
Scabrousness : The quality of being scabrous.
Scabwort : Elecampane.
Scad : A small carangoid fish (Trachurus saurus) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied also to several allied species. ;; The goggler; -- called also big-eyed scad. See Goggler. ;; The friar skate. ;; The cigar fish, or round robin.
Scaffold : A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc. ;; Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold. ;; An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace. ;; To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.

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