Associations to the word «Scurf»
Verb
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Wiktionary
SCURF, noun. A skin disease.
SCURF, noun. The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease.
SCURF, noun. Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general.
SCURF, noun. (figurative) The foul remains of anything adherent.
SCURF, noun. (botany) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.
Dictionary definition
SCURF, noun. (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts.
SCURF, noun. A thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.