shabn.
/ʃab/ 1. = scab n. 1 – 3. Now only dialect, a cutaneous disease in sheep (= scab n. 2).
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of sheep > [noun] > skin disorders
shabc897
pelt-rot?1523
dartars1580
redwater1614
rubbers1779
sheep-scab1894
scabby mouth1938
cuckoo scab1941
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xi. 70 Se hæfð singalne sceabb se þe næfre ne blinð ungestæððignesse.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 322 Eac hyt afeormaþ ðone leahtor..þe hy achoras nemnað þæt ys sceb [v.r. scæb].
c1290 St. Francis 309 in S. Eng. Leg. 62 Þo bi-gan þe souwe a-non..To beo ful of schabbe and of buyles.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. xxii. 22 Litil bleynes, or shab, or drye round shab.
a1400 Pol. Songs (1839) 239 He shrapeth on is shabbes.
1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 518 They were afflicted, not with the sheep-pox, but with the scab, or shab.
1810 Sporting Mag. 35 30 Our poor kiddy..which died yesterday of the shab.
1825 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. §6522 (Sheep) The scab, shab, ray, or rubbers.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Shab, scab in sheep.
2. slang. A low fellow (= scab n. 4). ? Obsolete.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > base person > [noun]
houndOE
hinderlingc1175
whelpc1330
vilec1400
beasta1425
dog bolt1465
shake-rag1571
vassal1589
brock1607
shag-rag1611
shack-rag1612
slubberdegullion1612
baseling1618
shag1620
shab1637
slabberdegullion1653
whiffler1659
hang-dog1693
reptile1697
Nobodaddyc1793
skunk1816
spalpeen1817
tiger1827
soap-lock1840
shake1846
white mouse1846
sweep1853
shuck1862
whiffmagig1871
scrubber1876
ullage1901
jelly bean1905
heel1914
dirty dog1928
crud1932
crut1937
klunk1942
crudball1968
scumbag1971
bawbag1999
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > contemptible person
wormc825
wretchOE
thingOE
hinderlingc1175
harlot?c1225
mixa1300
villain1303
whelpc1330
wonnera1340
bismera1400
vilec1400
beasta1425
creaturec1450
dog bolt1465
fouling?a1475
drivel1478
shit1508
marmoset1523
mammeta1529
pilgarlica1529
pode1528
slave1537
slim1548
skit-brains?1553
grasshopper1556
scavenger1563
old boss1566
rag1566
shrub1566
ketterela1572
shake-rag1571
skybala1572
mumpsimus1573
smatchetc1582
squib1586
scabship1589
vassal1589
baboon1592
Gibraltar1593
polecat1593
mushroom1594
nodc1595
cittern-head1598
nit1598
stockfish1598
cum-twang1599
dish-wash1599
pettitoe1599
mustard-token1600
viliaco1600
cargo1602
stump1602
snotty-nose1604
sprat1605
wormling1605
brock1607
dogfly?1611
shag-rag1611
shack-rag1612
thrum1612
rabbita1616
fitchock1616
unworthy1616
baseling1618
shag1620
glow-worm1624
snip1633
the son of a worm1633
grousea1637
shab1637
wormship1648
muckworm1649
whiffler1659
prig1679
rotten egg1686
prigster1688
begged fool1693
hang-dog1693
bugger1694
reptile1697
squinny1716
snool1718
ramscallion1734
footer1748
jackass1756
hallion1789
skite1790
rattlesnake1791
snot1809
mudworm1814
skunk1816
stirrah1816
spalpeen1817
nyaff1825
skin1825
weed1825
tiger1827
beggar1834
despicability1837
squirt1844
prawn1845
shake1846
white mouse1846
scurf1851
sweep1853
cockroach1856
bummer1857
medlar1859
cunt1860
shuck1862
missing link1863
schweinhund1871
creepa1876
bum1882
trashbag1886
tinhorn1887
snot-rag1888
rodent1889
whelpling1889
pie eatera1891
mess1891
schmuck1892
fucker1893
cheapskate1894
cocksucker1894
gutter-bird1896
perisher1896
skate1896
schmendrick1897
nyamps1900
ullage1901
fink1903
onion1904
punk1904
shitepoke1905
tinhorn sport1906
streeler1907
zob1911
stink1916
motherfucker1918
Oscar1918
shitass1918
shit-face1923
tripe-hound1923
gimp1924
garbage can1925
twerp1925
jughead1926
mong1926
fuck?1927
arsehole1928
dirty dog1928
gazook1928
muzzler1928
roach1929
shite1929
mook1930
lug1931
slug1931
woodchuck1931
crud1932
dip1932
bohunkus1933
lint-head1933
Nimrod1933
warb1933
fuck-piga1935
owl-hoot1934
pissant1935
poot1935
shmegegge1937
motheree1938
motorcycle1938
squiff1939
pendejo1940
snotnose1941
jerkface1942
slag1943
yuck1943
fuckface?1945
fuckhead?1945
shit-head1945
shite-hawk1948
schlub1950
asswipe1953
mother1955
weenie1956
hard-on1958
rass hole1959
schmucko1959
bitch ass1961
effer1961
lamer1961
arsewipe1962
asshole1962
butthole1962
cock1962
dipshit1963
motherfuck1964
dork1965
bumhole1967
mofo1967
tosspot1967
crudball1968
dipstick1968
douche1968
frickface1968
schlong1968
fuckwit1969
rassclaat1969
ass1970
wank1970
fecker1971
wanker1971
butt-fucker1972
slimeball1972
bloodclaat1973
fuckwad1974
mutha1974
suck1974
cocksuck1977
tosser1977
plank1981
sleazebag1981
spastic1981
dweeb1982
bumboclaat1983
dickwad1983
scuzzbag1983
sleazeball1983
butt-face1984
dickweed1984
saddie1985
butt plug1986
jerkweed1988
dick-sucker1989
microcephalic1989
wankstain1990
sadster1992
buttmunch1993
fanny1995
jackhole1996
fassyhole1997
fannybaws2000
fassy2002
1637 J. Bastwick Letany i. 19/2 Neither are those Shabs for any merit in themselues..worthy to giue guts vnto a beare.
1735 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. Shab, a mean, sorry, pitiful Fellow, one that is guilty of low Tricks, &c.
1837 T. H. Bayly Weeds of Witchery 7 I belong to the Club, which is very genteel—We ne'er let a Scamp or a Shab in.
1851 G. Borrow Lavengro xcviii ‘Any name but that, you shab,’ said Black Jack.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
shabv.
/ʃab/ Obsolete exc. dialect.† 3. transitive. ? To rob. Obsolete.
1. transitive with off:
a. To get rid of; get (a person) out of the way.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > get or be rid of > specifically a person
to shake off1530
unload1576
to shift offc1592
exonerate1614
shift1615
shab1677
purge1873
defenestrate1917
1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. Postscr. T 3 b Certain Nip~nets intended to have sheltred themselves under Vncas; but he perceiving it would be distastful to the English, soon shab'd them off.
1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iv. iii. 49 I have shabb'd him off purely.
a1824 in J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 347 They shab'd puir Thomas aff to hell Wi nimble feet.
1828 T. C. Croker Fairy Legends & Trad. S. Ireland II. 212 But when that [money] was gone..they soon shabbed him off.
b. To put (a person) off with (something inferior or unsatisfactory). Cf. fob v.1 3.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > dispose of fraudulently > by deceiving someone
to fob off1600
foist1602
smooth1680
sham1682
palm1822
shab1840
lowball1973
1840 J. P. Kennedy Quodlibet iii. 61 I hold the people in too much esteem, to shab them off with any thing of a secondary quality.
2.
a. intransitive with off or away: To slink away, sneak off. Also, to fall away from one's engagement.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away quietly or stealthily
steal1154
to steal one's wayc1385
skew?a1400
astealc1400
fleetc1400
slip?c1450
shrink1530
flinch1563
shift1594
foist1603
shab1699
slope1851
smuggle1865
sneak1896
mope1914
to oil out1945
the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (intransitive)]
to make (hold, pay, keep, yield or break) a vowc1290
to break dayc1300
faithc1410
swerve1527
to break touch1594
jeofail1599
recant1599
recede1648
discede1650
renege1651
shab1699
shaffle1781
weasel1956
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > move stealthily [verb (intransitive)] > move off or away
steal1154
atslip?c1225
atcreepc1275
to steal one's wayc1385
glide1393
atslikec1400
fleetc1400
flinch1563
outsteala1586
leer1586
shift1594
shab1699
slive1707
ghost1833
to oil out1945
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Shab'd off, sneakt, or slid away.
1720 Humourist 185 And so the fat Parson shabb'd off.
1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Shab-off, Shab-away, to sneak away.
1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall (at cited word) He wanted to shab-off without paying.
b. (See quot. 1755.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > practise trickery [verb (intransitive)]
triflec1305
legerdemain1483
to practise on (also upon) —1600
to play hocus-pocus1659
palm1686
trick1698
shab1755
kid1811
lark1813
prank1826
mank1861
cod1874
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Shab v.n., to play mean tricks; a low barbarous cant word.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)] > steal from
picka1350
lifta1529
filch1567
purloinc1571
prowl1603
touch1631
pinch1632
to pick up1687
to speak with ——1725
knock1767
shab1787
jump1789
to speak to ——1800
shake1811
spice1819
sting1819
tap1879
to knock over1928
1787 W. Hutton Courts of Requests xxxvii. 187 He bore it like a philosopher; to be shabbed was nothing new, he had often lost everything he had, but himself.
4. To stint, ‘scrimp’.
ΚΠ
1886 Cent. Mag. Apr. 867/1 There ain't anything mean about this house,..they don't shab the measure.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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