Scurf definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SCURF, n. [L. scorbutus.] 1. A dry military scab or crust ... soil or foul remains of any thing adherent; as the scurf of crimes. [Not common nor elegant.] Dryden. 3. Any thing ... stood a hill, whose grisly top Shone with a glossy scurf. Milton. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (botany) a ... epidermis shed from the surface of the skin [syn: scale, scurf, exfoliation] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic skurfa scurf; akin to Old High German scorf scurf, Old English ...
Scurfy definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SCURF'Y, a. 1. Having scurf; covered with scurf. 2. Resembling scurf. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: having or producing or covered with scurf 2: rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf [syn: lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scaly, scurfy] Merriam Webster's ...
Scurvy definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SCUR'VY, n. [from scurf; scurvy for scurfy; Low L. scorbutus.] A disease characterized by ... climates. SCUR'VY, a. 1. Scurfy; covered or affected by scurf or scabs; scabby; diseased with scurvy. 2. Vile; mean; low ... bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes II. adjective Etymology: scurf Date: 1579 arousing disgust or scorn ; contemptible, despicable < a scurvy ... a cure for scurvy. Derivatives: scurvied adj. scurvily adv. Etymology: SCURF + -Y(1): noun sense by assoc. with F scorbut (cf ... Dictionary Scurvy Scur"vy, a. [Compar. Scurvier; superl. Scurviest.] [From Scurf; cf. Scurvy, n.] 1. Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy. `` ...
Dandruff definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DANDRUFF, n. A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small ... Norse hr?fa scab; akin to Old High German hruf scurf, Lithuanian kraupus rough Date: 1545 scaly white or grayish flakes ... cf. AS. tan a letter, an eruption. [root]240.] A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small ... very bad dandruff. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Scurf (on the head). Moby Thesaurus carrion, chip, corruption, decay, excrement ... muck, mucus, obscenity, ordure, paring, pus, putrid matter, rot, scale, scurf, scuz, shaving, slime, smut, snot, sordes
... SCORBU'TIC, SCORBU'TICAL, a. [L. scorbutus, the scurvy. See Scurf, Scurvy.] 1. Affected or diseased with scurvy; as a scorbutic ... scorbutus scurvy, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old English scurf scurf Date: 1655 of, relating to, producing, or affected with scurvy ...
... 2. n. colloq. an untidy or scruffy person. Etymology: orig. = SCURF, later 'worthless thing', or back-form. f. SCRUFFY Webster's 1913 Dictionary Scruff Scruff, n. [See Scurf.] Scurf. [Obs.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Scruff Scruff, n. [Cf. Scuff ...
... s noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century archaic a scurf or scabby disorder (as of the scalp) Webster's 1913 ... n. [Icel. skalli a bald head. Cf. Scald, a.] A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp. It is a ... English Language. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Scab, scurf, scabbiness, leprosy.
Scurfiness definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SCURF'INESS, n. The state of being scurfy. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Scurfiness Scurf"i*ness, n. 1. Quality or state of being scurfy. 2. (Bot.) Scurf.
... layers; any mass cleaving off in scales. Little flakes of scurf. 6. A sort of carnations of two colors only, having ... a flake of snow, tallow, or fish. ``Lottle flakes of scurf.'' --Addison. Great flakes of ice encompassing our boat. --Evelyn. 2 ... polychromize, rainbow, raving lunatic, recluse, scale, scale off, scrap, screwball, scurf, shaving, sliver, slosh, slush, snow, snow banner, snow bed, snow ...
Morphew definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MOR'PHEW, n. A scurf on the face. MOR'PHEW, v.t. To cover with scurf. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Morphew Mor"phew, v. t. To ...