scuffedadj.

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 90 And scapularies scuff'd and shent..Lay hither-thither on the bent.

1839 W. Carleton Fardorougha (ed. 2) 62 Differing very little in his dress from an absolute squireen, save in the fact of his Caroline hat being rather scuffed.

1879 N.Y. Tribune 12 Dec. How to restore scuffed gloves.

1927 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 381/2 It wasn't a large room but everything in it, from the scuffed leather slippers to the stout..easy chairs, proclaimed a man who knew how to put himself at ease.

1973 R. Thomas If you can't be Good (1974) xii. 99 The beat-up desks..and the scuffed-up floor.

1975 J. Gores Hammett (1976) vii. 51 The hardwood floor waxed but well-scuffed, ready for dancers.

1978 Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 17/3 Generally speaking there are two categories of small boy..the studious, eyes-down-in-a-book type and the outdoor scuffed shoes clothes-in-a-mess variety.

1934 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 38 310 Cases have come to one's notice where engines have suffered from troubles in the form of scored, or, as our friends in America term it, ‘scuffed’ pistons.

1941 Engineering 11 Apr. 286/1 Should a local breakdown of the lubricating-oil film occur, the two surfaces may momentarily become fused. With the reciprocating movement of the parts, a shearing action takes place,..causing disruption of the surfaces. An example of this effect, which is known as piston-ring ‘scuffing’, is seen in Fig. 1, which shows the surface of a scuffed piston ring.