v. t. To scratch; to rub. [ Obs. ] Farquhar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. shabbe, AS. sc&unr_;b. See Scab. ] The itch in animals; also, a scab. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shabbed p. pr. & vb. n. Shabbing. ] [ See Scab, 3. ] To play mean tricks; to act shabbily. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shabby. [ Obs. ] Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a shabby manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being sghabby. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n.[ Cf. D. sabel, and G. säbel. ] A kind of crooked sword or hanger. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Shabbier superl. Shabbiest. ] [ See Shab, n., Scabby, and Scab. ] 1. Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. “The dean was so shabby.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. “Very shabby fellows.” Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Turk. tshāprāk, whence F. chabraque, G. shabracke. ] (Mil.) The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Scot. shag refuse of barley or oats. ] 1. The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Liberty of winter pasturage. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. [ Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S. ] Forby. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the poor old shacks about the town found a friend in Deacon Marble. H. W. Beecher. [ 1913 Webster ]

These miserable shacks are so low that their occupants cannot stand erect. D. C. Worcester. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Common of shack (Eng.Law), the right of persons occupying lands lying together in the same common field to turn out their cattle to range in it after harvest. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]