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scurf

[ skurf ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the scales or small shreds of epidermis that are continually exfoliated from the skin.
any scaly matter or incrustation on a surface.

scurf

/ skɜːf /

Origin of scurf¹

before 1000; Middle English, Old English < Old Norse skurfa scurf, crust

Origin of scurf¹

Old English scurf; related to Old Norse skurfōttr scurfy, Old High German scorf, Danish skurv

Many who went there covered with scurf returned plump and fair, and scarce like the same people.

The tree-scurf descended on them, and the birds made a piteous clamour.

He can't hope for any more big lizards; and of this one he has got every bit of scurf left, I believe.

It causes a white scurf to strike out upon the skin, somewhat like the dry scurvy.

He was very thin and his body was covered with white scurf from immoderate use of "ava."

April 18, 2024petrichor

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