scarve

Verb (1)

scarf (third-person singular simple present scarfs, present participle scarfing, simple past and past participle scarfed)

1. (transitive) To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
   • Vp from my Cabin, / My ſea-gowne scarft about me in the darke / Gropt I to find out them, […]c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604...
2. (transitive) To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
   • She scarfed her head.
3. (transitive) To cover as or like a scarf.
   • A cowl scarfed her shoulders.

Verb (2)

scarf (third-person singular simple present scarfs, present participle scarfing, simple past and past participle scarfed)

1. (transitive) To shape by grinding or oxyfuel torch cutting.
2. (transitive) To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, forming a "V" groove for welding adjacent metal plates, metal rods, etc.
3. (transitive) To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.

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