Definition of Scurf. Meaning of Scurf. Synonyms of Scurf

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Definition of Scurf

Scurf
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["u]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.

Meaning of Scurf from wikipedia

- Dandruff is a skin condition that mainly affects the scalp. Symptoms include flaking and sometimes mild itchiness. It can result in social or self-esteem...
- plant pathogen responsible for the plant disease known as silver scurf. Silver scurf is a blemish disease, meaning the effect it has on tubers is mostly...
- Iridology (also known as iridodiagnosis or iridiagnosis) is an alternative medicine technique whose proponents claim that patterns, colors, and other characteristics...
- scalding water, it facilitates removal of hair and scurf in hog slaughter and feathers and scurf in poultry slaughter. In petroleum production, it can...
- blight, early dying, PVY, soft rot, dry rot, leak, pink rot, silver scurf, and black scurf. Leaf Flower Plant Sprout Skin Flesh This cultivar is resistant...
- Cullen australasi****, commonly known as tall scurf-pea or native scurf pea is a herbaceous, perennial shrub that is native to Australia. Cullen australasi****...
- English names for the plant include tipsin, teepsenee, breadroot, breadroot scurf pea, large Indian breadroot, prairie potato and pomme blanche. The prairie...
- Albany broom. In other parts of the world it is also called the African scurf pea, taylorina, blue psoralea and the Dally pine. "Psoralea pinnata". Global...
- known as the buffalo pea, largebract Indian breadroot and the tall-bread scurf-pea. It is found on the black soil prairies in Texas. It has an inflorescence...
- period of time. The best known symptom of R. solani is black scurf on potato tubers, the scurf being the sclerotia of the fungus. Rhizoctonia solani can...