scarf.
A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
Meaning & usage
A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
A headscarf.
A neckcloth or cravat.
Where this word comes from
Probably from Old Northern French escarpe (compare Old French escharpe (“pilgrim's purse suspended from the neck”), which see). The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of scrip.
To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
She scarfed her head.
To cover as or like a scarf.
A cowl scarfed her shoulders.
Where this word comes from
Probably from Old Northern French escarpe (compare Old French escharpe (“pilgrim's purse suspended from the neck”), which see). The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of scrip.
A type of joint in woodworking, formed by two shaped ends that fit into or onto each other.
A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.
A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.
Where this word comes from
Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old Norse skarfr, derivative of skera (“to cut”).
To shape by grinding or oxyfuel torch cutting.
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.
To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
Where this word comes from
Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old Norse skarfr, derivative of skera (“to cut”).
To eat very quickly.
You sure scarfed that pizza.
Where this word comes from
Generally thought to be a variant, attested since the 1950s, of scoff (“eat (quickly)”) (of which scorf is another attested variant), itself a variant of scaff. Sometimes alternatively suggested to be a dialectal survival of Old English scearfian, sceorfan (“gnaw, bite”) (compare scurf).
A cormorant.
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse skarfr.
Archaic form of scurf (“skin disease; skin flakes”).
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