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Scurf   Listen
noun
Scurf  n.  
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."
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."
4.
(Bot.) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Scurf" Quotes from Famous Books



... may be possible enough, that statues may seem to sweat, and to run with tears, and to stand with certain dewy drops of a sanguine color; for timber and stones are frequently known to contract a kind of scurf and rottenness, productive of moisture; and various tints may form on the surfaces, both from within and from the action of the air outside; and by these signs it is not absurd to imagine that the deity may forewarn ...
— Plutarch's Lives • A.H. Clough



Words linked to "Scurf" :   exfoliation, dander, bit, phytology, flake, botany



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