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scurf

UK/skɜː(ɹ)f/ uncommon obsolete slang

noun

1.

(botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts

2.

a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin

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Origin

From scurf (“skin disease causing scabs or scales; flakes of skin that fall off due to a skin disease, etc.”), from Old English scurf, from Proto-Germanic *skurf- (“to gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off, sever; to divide, separate”). Cognate with Dutch schurft, German Schorf, Danish skurv, Swedish skorv.

Phrases

  • sea scurf
  • silver scurf

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