After the incident with the gasoline, Noel’s burnt arm remained scabrous and was susceptible to infections.
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Scabrous
/ˈskeɪbɹəs/
Synonyms for "scabrous" (52 found)
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2 entriessexual contentsurface texture
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2 entriesexplicit scenessandpapery texture
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5 entriesscabrous barkscabrous jokescabrous surfacescabrous texturescabrous topic
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2 entriesmore scabrousmost scabrous
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I was ſurpriz'd to ſee Mars continue quite round, though hardly, to Appearance, disjoin'd from the ſcabrous Edge of the Moon; but that Inſtant I thought it began to loſe its Figure.—Clouds.
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Lumbricus ſcaber. The rough Lumbricus. The Sea-worm. This ſpecies grows to a foot, or more, in length, and to the thickneſs of a man's finger. It is of a pale red colour, and is compoſed of a number of rings or annular joints, as it were, in the manner of the other; but the ſkin is ſcabrous, and all theſe rings are covered with little prominences, ſo that it is extreamly rough to the touch.
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[Helianthus] frondosus, […] stem smooth below, leaves lance ovate, remotely and acutely serrate, scabrous above, paler and sub-scabrous beneath, 3-nerved: peduncles scabrous; petiole ciliate; calyx squarose, undulate, leafy, ciliate: rays 8-flowered.
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