Rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf.
Having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles.
Синонимы
Examples for "scabrous "
Examples for "scabrous "
1 I will see whether the Coramoor has sent me a scabrous drunkard.
2 The scabrous feel of lichen and bird droppings brought back more memories.
3 Stephanie looked back at the patch of scabrous land that was Ketton.
4 Giants, rats, rabbits, he could bear-butnot the scabrous solitudes of Deadways.
5 I think we were quite happy to be scabrous and satirical about them.
1 Nearly half of them were afflicted with the scurfy skin-disease.
2 Nothing remained, except a slight discoloration and a little scurfy appearance on the punctures.
3 Dandruff.- Ascalyor scurfy condition of the skin, with more or less of irritation.
4 The scurfy skin disease so common among savages has a close connexion with the poorness and irregularity of their living.
5 The brushing causes a healthy circulation of the scalp; but combing the hair makes the head scurfy , and pulls out the hair by the roots.
1 The slim knife had found a vulnerable spot in the scaly armour.
2 It looked vulnerable in comparison to the scaly upper body, Cody thought.
3 I'm certain our scaly friends will be only too eager to oblige.'
4 I found myself fingering my scaly wrist; I hastily crossed my arms.
5 Target pounded over the scaly ground and thundered into the hard trail.
6 They'd gone the colour of corned beef, and had a scaly look.
7 Aimed in a hurry, the missiles probably glided off their scaly sides.
8 He looked at the scaly hands, the strangely webbed fingers and toes.
9 Fingers through the gills: What are you looking at, you scaly whoreson?
10 I can make no impression upon the scaly monster with my knife.
11 She flexed her claws and ran them softly over her scaly body.
12 Sylve had not seemed so scaly when she'd first seen the girl.
13 He watched the steel weapons plunge deep through the monster's scaly skin.
14 The skin was coarse, almost scaly , and her whole person sagged abominably.
15 A lesson our scaly , piscine, punting pet would do well to heed.
16 The skin was left covered with a scaly crust of hardened pine-gum.
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