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scurf |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scurf \Scurf\, n. [AS. scurf, sceorf or from Scand.; cf Sw skorf Dan. skurv Icel. skurfur D. schurft G. schorf; all akin to AS scurf, and to AS sceorfan to scrape, to gnaw, G. sch["u]rfen to scrape, and probably also to E. scrape. Cf {Scurvy}.] 1. Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff. 2. Hence the foul remains of anything adherent. The scurf is worn away of each committed crime. --Dryden. 3. Anything like flakes or scales adhering to a surface. There stood a hill not far whose grisly top Belched fire and rolling smoke; the rest entire Shone with a glossy scurf. --Milton. 4. (Bot.) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot. --Gray. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scurf n 1: (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts 2: a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin [syn: {scale}]
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