"Scurf" is a word in ENGLISH
Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as
in the goosefoot.
Anything like flakes or scales adhering to a surface.
Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin
scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp;
dandruff.
Hence, the foul remains of anything adherent.
Serious sport is war minus the shooting.
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Bearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers.
Read the complete definitionCovered with a pattern resembling a series of escalop shells, each of which issues from between two others. Its appearance …
Read the complete definitionTo remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of.
Read the complete definitionThe cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be …
Read the complete definitionIn decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; …
Read the complete definitionThe most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide …
Read the complete definitionA piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the …
Read the complete definitionlasgas a {1} for a smooth surface to be rough with tiny scratches, such that it would make a grating …
Read the complete definitionA bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale rust, etc., from the surface of …
Read the complete definitionA round mass, plate, or disk; especially (Metal.), the crust or scale which forms upon the surface of molten metal …
Read the complete definitionA mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated …
Read the complete definitionTo take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
Read the complete definitionThe thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide, Fe3O4. Also, …
Read the complete definitionHaving the anterior surface of the tarsus covered with scutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete bands terminating …
Read the complete definitionHaving scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a shell.
Read the complete definitionA hair on the surface of leaf or stem, or any modification of a hair, as a minute scale, or …
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