scabies

(Lat.) Scab, mange, itch (q. v.). sca-bi-ō-są, s. [Fem. of Lat. scabiosus rough, scurfy. Said to be from Lat. scabies, because it was used in skin diseases.] Malays into artificial flowers, . S. bel a modo gam is emollient, and is used in India to bring tumors to a head. sçe-vo-le-æ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. scævol ( a ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] Bot .: A tribe of Goodeniacese. Fruit a drupe or nut. scăff, s. [Etym. doubtful.] Rough plenty; fun and frolic in plenty. ( Scotch.) scaff-and-raff, s. The rabble; the rag, tag, an bobtail. *scăf'-fol-age (age as Ig), 8. [SCAFFOLDAGE.] scăf-fold, *scaf-old, *skaf-fold, s . [O. French *escafalt, escafaut (Fr. échafaud ), from Sp. cat a falco (Fr. catafalque ; Ital. catafalco )=a canopy over a bier, a funeral canopy, a stage, a scaffold.] [CATAFALQUE.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally: (1) A temporary gallery or stage raised either for shows or for spectators. "The other side was open, where the throng, On banks and scaffolds , under sky might stand." Milton: Samson Agonistes , 1,610. (2) A stage or platform for the execution of crim i nals. "Truth forever on the scaffold , Wrong forever on the throne." Lowell: Present Crisis. 2. Fig .: A temporary support. "They [faith and consideration, .] are all but seaf. folds to that heavenly building of inward purity and goodne ." Scott: Christian Life , pt. i., ch. ii. II. Technically : 1. Build.: A plat forın temporarily crected during the progre of a structure for the support of work men and material. The ordinary bricklayer's scaffold consists of upright poles called standards, membranous or minute; recept cle hemispherical, supporting the ledgers these support the outer hairy, or with scaly floral bracts; stamens four, ends of the putlogs, the other ends resting in holes exserted; fruit with eight depre ions. Known spein the wall. The scaffold boards rest on the putcies about ninety, from the Eastern Hemisphere. logs Bot.: Scabious; genus of Dipsaceæ. the horizontal poles which are lashed S. succisa yields a green dye, and seems astringent enough to be used in tanning.