shab /ʃæb/noun 2verb 3forms 3 noun2 •(dialect, no longer used) Scabies. •(dialect, no longer used) A scab. verb3 •(UK, slang) To skulk or sneak away.[…] and so the fat Parson shabb'd off,[…] — 1731 •(dialect, no longer used) To move (something, away or out of the way), to drive off.Certain Nipnets intended to have sheltred themselves under Vncas; but he perceiving it would be distastful to the English, soon shab'd them off. — 1677 •(no longer used) To scratch; to rub.I have shabbed him off purely — 1698 formsshabbed · shabbing · shabs
