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 [syn: 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.
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   2. Hence, the foul remains of anything adherent.
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            The scurf is worn away of each committed crime.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   3. Anything like flakes or scales adhering to a surface.
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            There stood a hill not far, whose grisly top
            Belched fire and rolling smoke; the rest entire
            Shone with a glossy scurf.            --Milton.
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   4. (Bot.) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some
      leaves, as in the goosefoot. --Gray.
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