scurfingn.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > scurfy or scabby state or disease > scale or scab > formation of
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1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 359/1 [A prescription] for all manner of scurfinge of the externalle skinne.
2. An incrustation formed in boilers or retorts.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > incrustation > on metal > scale or fur
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birdnesting1893
1884 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 3rd Ser. 104/2 Get new carbons, made out of gas-retort ‘scurfing’, as it is called.
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n.1599- long-sightedness
- long-simmering
- long-skirted
- long-skulled
- long-sleeved
- long-sleever
- long-snouted
- long-sought
- long-sought-after
- long-span
- long-spined
- long-spined sea urchin
- long-splice
- long-splintery
- long-spooned
- long-spun
- long-spurred
- long-staff
- long-staffed
- long-stalked
- long-stalled
- long-standing
- long-staple
- long-stapled
- long-stay