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scurfs

scurfs is the plural of scurf.

Meaning of scurf

Noun

scurf (countable and uncountable, plural scurfs)

  1. A skin disease.
  2. The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease.
    Synonyms:
    dandruff
  3. Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general.
    • There ſtood a Hill not far whoſe frieſly top / Belch'd fire and rowling ſmoak; the reſt entire / Shon with a gloſſie ſcurff, undoubted ſign / That in his womb was hid metallic Ore,1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  4. (figuratively) The foul remains of anything adherent.
    • The Scurf is worn away, of each committed Crime1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 392, line 1011
    Synonyms:
    scum
  5. Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.
  6. (obsolete, slang) A low, mean person.

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What is scurfs the plural of?
Scurfs is the plural of scurf.

Words near scurfs in the dictionary

  1. scurfily
  2. scurfin
  3. scurfiness
  4. scurfless
  5. scurflike
  6. scurfs
  7. scurfy
  8. scurfy pea
  9. scurfy peas
  10. scurid
  11. scurids

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