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. schürfen to scrape, and probably also to E. scrape. Cf. Scurvy. ]
The scurf is worn away of each committed crime. Dryden. [ 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 ]
n. The bull trout. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a.