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I. noun see: shave Date: 13th century ~ies of domestic animals, a crust of hardened blood and serum over a wound, 3. a contemptible person, b. a worker who refuses to join a labor union, a union member who refuses to strike or returns to work before a strike has ended, a worker who accepts employment or replaces a union worker during a strike, one who works for less than union wages or on nonunion terms, any of various bacterial or fungus diseases of plants characterized by crustaceous spots, II. intransitive verb (~bed; ~bing) Date: 1683 to become covered with a ~, to act as a ~