scurf
Americannoun
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the scales or small shreds of epidermis that are continually exfoliated from the skin.
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any scaly matter or incrustation on a surface.
noun
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another name for dandruff
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flaky or scaly matter adhering to or peeling off a surface
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of scurf
before 1000; Middle English, Old English < Old Norse skurfa scurf, crust
Example Sentences
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As instances of this nature may be mentioned English potato scab, silver scurf, chestnut blight disease and citrus canker, specimens of all of which had been secured by correspondence or requests for mycological assistance.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 26, 2023
Mr. Borle had dressed for the walk in unfussy attire — a thermal undershirt, gray jeans, scuffed boots, a scurf of razor burn — a far cry from Wonka’s plum-colored finery.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2016
A thin scurf trying to keep the liquid from spilling out, but doing a poor job of it.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2011
To scurf the rust, the House of Morgan brought in Lawyer Myron C. Taylor, who had made $20 million, while still a young man, by putting rickety textile firms back on their feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
Want of taste is very common in fevers, owing frequently to the dryness or scurf of the tongue, or external organ of that sense, rather than to any injury of the nerves of taste.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
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