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scrub(1) (iou)



scrub noun1 & adjective. LME.
[Var. of SHRUB noun1.]
A. noun.
I.
A low stunted tree; a shrub. obsolete exc. dial., Austral., & NZ. LME.
Vegetation consisting chiefly of stunted trees, shrubs, or brushwood; an area of land overgrown with brushwood; Austral. & NZ (any area of) land thickly or thinly covered with shrubs and stunted trees. E19.
Emu The banksia scrubs in and around the Perth district. R. Campbell Disappearing in the grass towards a mass of dense scrub.
II.
Orig., (an animal of) a breed of small cattle. Now (N. Amer.), any animal of inferior breed or of poor physique or performance. M16.
transf.
a. A worthless, insignificant, or contemptible person. L16.
b. Sport. A player belonging to a second or weaker team; a team composed of such players. US colloq. L19.
c. = SCRUBBER noun2 2. slang. derog. E20.
Phrases: the Scrubs Wormwood Scrubs Prison in Greater London.
Comb.: scrub-bird either of two small rare terrestrial birds of the Australian family Atrichornithidae, Atrichornis clamosus (in full noisy scrub-bird) and A. rufescens (in full rufous scrub-bird); scrub-cutter (Austral. & NZ) a person who or machine which clears land of scrub; scrub-fowl, scrub-hen any of various megapodes of the genera Megapodius and Eulipoa, esp. Megapodius freycinet (more fully common scrub-fowl), found in coastal areas of northern Australia, Indonesia, and Melanesia; scrub jay a blue jay with no white markings, Aphelocoma coerulescens, occurring in the US and Mexico; scrub oak (a) N. Amer. any of several dwarf oaks, esp. Quercus ilicifolia; (b) Austral. any of several casuarinas; scrub pine any of several N. American dwarf pines, esp. Pinus virginiana; scrub-robin any of various birds of the genera Drymodes (of Australia and New Guinea) and Erythropygia (of Africa), related to the robin; scrub tick Austral. any of various ticks that attack humans, esp. Ixodes holocyclus and Haemaphysalis longicornis; scrub-tit a scrub wren, Sericornis magnus, found in Tasmania; scrub turkey = brush-turkey s.v. BRUSH noun1; scrub typhus an acute rickettsial fever transmitted to humans by larval mites of the genus Trombicula; also called mite-borne typhus, mite typhus, tsutsugamushi disease; scrub wallaby = brush wallaby s.v. BRUSH noun1; scrub-wren any of various small Australian warblers of the genus Sericornis (family Acanthizidae).
b. attrib. or as adjective.
Worthless, insignificant, contemptible. E18.
Chiefly N. Amer.
a. Of vegetation: stunted, dwarf. M18.
b. Of livestock: of inferior breed or physique. M18.
B. Broadfoot The sorriest looking scrub horses you have ever seen.
(Of a team or player) not first-class, without regular standing; (of a game) played by scrub teams. US colloq. M19.
scrubbed adjective (a) stunted, dwarf; (b) (chiefly Austral. & NZ) covered or overgrown with scrub: L16.
scrubbish adjective (rare) scrubby, inferior, contemptible L18.