scurf.
A skin disease.
Meaning & usage
A skin disease.
The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease.
Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general.
The foul remains of anything adherent.
Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.
A low, mean person.
Where this word comes from
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.
A grey bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus).
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