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scurf n. 頭屑,皮屑 頭屑,皮屑 scurf n 1: ( botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts 2: a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin [ synonym: { scale}, { scurf}, { exfoliation}] Scurf \ Scurf\, n. [ AS. scurf, sceorf, or from Scand.; cf. Sw. skorf, Dan. skurv, Icel. skurfur, D. schurft, G. schorf; all akin to AS. scurf, and to AS. sceorfan to scrape, to gnaw, G. sch[" u] rfen to scrape, and probably also to E. scrape. Cf. { Scurvy}.] 1. Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence, the foul remains of anything adherent. [ 1913 Webster] The scurf is worn away of each committed crime. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Anything like flakes or scales adhering to a surface. [ 1913 Webster] There stood a hill not far, whose grisly top Belched fire and rolling smoke; the rest entire Shone with a glossy scurf. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Bot.) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot. -- Gray. [ 1913 Webster] 53 Moby Thesaurus words for " scurf": bilge, bilgewater, canaille, carrion, chip, corruption, dandruff, decay, dishwater, ditchwater, excrement, filth, flake, floccule, flocculus, flock, foul matter, furfur, gangrene, garbage, hoi polloi, masses, mess, mob, muck, mucus, obscenity, offal, offscourings, ordure, other half, paring, proletariat, pus, putrid matter, refuse, riffraff, rot, scale, scum, scuz, sewage, sewerage, shaving, slime, slop, slops, slough, smut, snot, sordes, swill, trash
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