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  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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