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Scurf

//skɜː(ɹ)f// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A skin disease. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A grey bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus).
  3. 3
    a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin wordnet
  4. 4
    The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts wordnet
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  1. 6
    Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general. countable, uncountable

    "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,"

  2. 7
    The foul remains of anything adherent. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "The Scurf is worn away, of each committed Crime"

  3. 8
    Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A low, mean person. countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable

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.

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