Scarve

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of scarf (“to cover as or like a scarf”). alt-of, alternative, transitive

    "A cowl scarved her shoulders."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of scarf (“to cover (as) with a scarf”). alt-of, alternative, transitive

    "She scarved her head."

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muffleranklearticulatearticulationbandbandanna

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"He liked the air of discreetness that scarved the town—the atmosphere of gentility and circumspection and tread-wariliness and calf-bound bookishness in which it was steeped."

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