scurf : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scurf	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scurf n (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin Synonym(s): scale, scurf, exfoliation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scurf \Scurf\, n. [AS. scurf, sceorf, or from Scand.; cf. Sw. skorf, Dan. skurv, Icel. skurfur, D. schurft, G. schorf; all akin to AS. scurf, and to AS. sceorfan to scrape, to gnaw, G. sch[81]rfen to scrape, and probably also to E. scrape. Cf. {Scurvy}.] 1. Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff. 2. Hence, the foul remains of anything adherent. The scurf is worn away of each committed crime. --Dryden. 3. Anything like flakes or scales adhering to a surface. There stood a hill not far, whose grisly top Belched fire and rolling smoke; the rest entire Shone with a glossy scurf. --Milton. 4. (Bot.) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot. --Gray.