Scrub

skrub, v.t.. to rub hard, esp. with something rough.— v.i. to be laborious and penurious:— pr.p. scrub′bing; pa.t. and pa.p. scrubbed.— n. one who works hard and lives meanly: anything small or mean: a worn-out brush: low underwood: a bush: a stunted shrub: a worthle horse.— p.adj. Scrubbed ( Shak. )= Scrubby .— ns. Scrub′ber , in Australia, an animal which breaks away from the herd: a machine for washing leather after the tanpit; Scrub′bing ; Scrub′bing-board , a wash-board; Scrub′bing-brush , a brush with short, stiff bristles; Scrub′-bird , an Australian bird.— adj. Scrub′by , laborious and penurious: mean: small: stunted in growth: covered with scrub.— ns. Scrub′-gra , the scouring-rush; Scrub′-oak , a name of three low American oaks; Scrub′-rid′er , one who rides in search of cattle that stray from the herd into the scrub; Scrub′-rob′in , a bird inhabiting the Australian scrub; Scrub′stone , a species of calciferous sandstone; Scrub′-tur′key , a mound-bird; Scrub′-wood , a small tree. [A.S. scrob , a shrub.]