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scurf

scurf · scurfs

A skin diseaseA skin disease.

/skɜː(ɹ)f/

Значение

значений: 7

(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A skin disease.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general.
(исчисляемое, переносно, неисчисляемое)The foul remains of anything adherent.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.
A grey bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus).
(исчисляемое, устаревшее, сленг, неисчисляемое)A low, mean person.

Ещё определения

(botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts
a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin

Происхождение

From scurf (“skin disease causing scabs or scales; flakes of skin that fall off due to a s

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.

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