† ˈscabbedness Obs.
[-ness.]
The condition of being ‘scabbed’ or suffering from ‘scab’.
| 1483 Cath. Angl. 320/2 A scabbydness, scabredo, scabritudo. 1576 Newton Lemnie's Complex. ii. iii. 116 It causeth no great ytch nor heat, as the skabbednes which commeth of salte Phlegme..doth. 1675 Brooks Gold. Key 231 Though the Psora or scabbedness may be cured, yet that which is called Lepra Physicians acknowledg incurable. |