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- noun Plural form of
scurf .
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Examples
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As he climbed up the axis, saluting crew as he passed, he was uncomfortably aware of the scurfs and dings the walls had suffered.
Tides Of Light Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1989
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Sometimes the red patches of the rash are covered with small vesicles of the size of mustard-seed, which either dry up or discharge a watery liquid, leaving thin white scurfs, that come away with the cuticle during desquamation.
Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms Charles Munde
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a day or two less than the measle-rash, and comes off in laminæ, whilst the latter comes off in small scales or scurfs.
Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms Charles Munde
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The stagnant water in the hollow-trees cures the most obstinate tetters, scabs, and scurfs, in man or beast, fomenting the part with it; and the leaves chew’d are wholsome for the gums and teeth, for which the very buds, as they are in winter hardned and dried upon the twigs, make good tooth-pickers.
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663
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