scab
noun
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
was scabbing
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past progressiveof scab.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The worst sin in the Australian calendar was scabbing, and the prevailing work pace was one that G.I.s came to call "the Australian crawl."
From Time Magazine Archive
Now all these years the cliff edge agen the graveyard, where it was broke off, was scabbing into the sea below.
From At a Winter's Fire by Bernard Edward Joseph Capes
