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scurf

noun
/skɜː(ɹ)f/

Etymology

From scurf (“skin disease causing scabs or scales; flakes of skin that fall off due to a skin disease, etc.”), from Old English scurf, from Proto-Germanic *skurf- (“to gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off, sever; to divide, separate”). Cognate with Dutch schurft, German Schorf, Danish skurv, Swedish skorv.

  1. inherited from *(s)ker-✻ — “to cut off, sever; to divide, separate”
  2. inherited from *skurf-✻ — “to gnaw”
  3. inherited from scurf

Definitions

  1. A skin disease.

  2. The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease.

  3. Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general.

    • There ſtood a Hill not far whoſe frieſly top / Belch'd fire and rowling ſmoak; the reſt entire / Shon with a gloſſie ſcurff, undoubted ſign / That in his womb was hid metallic Ore,
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. The foul remains of anything adherent.

      • The Scurf is worn away, of each committed Crime

    2. Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.

    3. A low, mean person.

    4. A grey bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus).

The neighborhood

Derived

scurvy, sea scurf

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA