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Hence, the foul remains of anything adherent. The scurf is worn away of each committed crime. Dryden.

The bull trout. [Prov. Eng.]

Quality or state of being scurfy.

Having or producing scurf; covered with scurf; resembling scurf.

Any bryozoan which forms rounded or irregular patches of coral on stones, seaweeds, etc.

A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails. White. Arrest of judgment (Law), the staying or stopping of a judgment, after verdict, for legal cause. The motion for this purpose is called a motion in arrest of judgment.

A large pustule, or a coarse eruption. Foul scurf and blotches him defile. Thomson.

Dandruff or scurf on the head.

A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles. [Written also dandriff.]

ilm; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish. "Lottle flakes of scurf." Addison. Great flakes of ice encompassing our boat. Evelyn.

Scurf; dandruff.

Made of bran; like bran; scurfy.

Falling of scurf from the head; desquamation.

's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences. Grease bush. (Bot.) Same as Grease wood (below). -- Grease moth (Zoöl.), a pyralid moth (Aglossa pinguinalis) whose larva eats greasy cloth, etc. -- Grease wo…

Of or pertaining to lentigo; freckly; scurfy; furfuraceous.

Having a coat of scurfy scales, as the leaves of the oleaster.

Covered with thin, scurfy scales.

A scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the fore leg of a horse. See Sallenders. [Written also mallenders.]

A scurfy eruption. [Obs.] Drayton.

A scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot. [Obs.]