| Scrub (scrub) |
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| v. t. | (skr b) |
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| Scrub |
| [imp. *** p. p. Scrubbed (skr&ubreve]bd);
p. pr. *** vb. n. Scrubbing.] [OE.
scrobben, probably of Dutch or Scand. origin] cf. Dan.
skrubbe, Sw. skrubba, D. schrobben |
To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to
rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the
purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a
doorplate.
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To rub anything hard,
especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and
penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living.
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One
who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
Something small and mean.
A worn-out brush.
A thicket or jungle, often specified by the
name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto
scrub, etc.
One of the common
live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed,
esp. when inferior in size, etc.
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Mean; dirty;
contemptible; scrubby.
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Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and
impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush. See
Brush, above.
A low, straggling tree
of inferior quality.
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