scur

/ skɜː /

noun

vet science a small unattached growth of horn at the site of a normal horn in cattle

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Scur′viness, state of being scurvy: meanness; Scur′vy-grass, a genus of cruciferous plants, efficacious in curing scurvy.

Perhaps from the Anglo-Saxon scur, a heavy shower, a sudden squall.

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