scurfyadj.
/ˈskəːfi/, U.S. /ˈskərfi/ 1. Covered with scurf; suffering from cutaneous disease. Also, of the nature of scurf.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > of disease: scurfy or scabby > afflicted with
reofeOE
scabbed1338
scalled1340
crustyc1400
roynishc1400
roinousc1450
leprous?1457
scurfy1483
scabby1526
scurvya1529
shurvya1529
scald1529
scally1530
escharous1543
skalfering1561
scalded1568
morphewed1598
scaldy1598
scall?1602
pearled1627
scurfed1646
scruffy1660
reefy1684
porriginous1778
lepric1855
dandruffy1858
farreous1884
peeling1893
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > of disease: scurfy or scabby > of the nature of scurf
scurfy1804
1483 Cath. Angl. 326/2 Scurfy, vbi scabbyde.
1692 London Gaz. No. 2803/4 A bright bay Mare,..with.. scurffy Heels before.
1739 Gen. Chirurg. Dict. at Lepra, in J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. A dry Scab that makes the Skin scurfy.
1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 404 By persevering in the use of these remedies,..the white scurfy scales intirely disappeared.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 513 A head which has been scurfy for many years becomes sore and eczematous.
2.
a. transferred. Covered as with scurf encrusted; resembling scurf.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [adjective] > encrusting > encrusted
crusted1382
incrustated1659
incrustate1671
scurfy1732
crustated1780
encrusted1815
leprous1820
barkened1827
scabrous1939
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > incrusted, scaled, or furred
tartarous1655
furry1739
verdigrised1831
scurfy1849
furred1873
1732 Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 201 Those Diamonds that lay more superficially, and exposed to the Air and Sun were more scurfy, and by Consequence lost more by polishing than the other.
1849 W. H. Harvey Sea-side Bk. 232 Very similar to the barnacle is the animal of the Balanus, whose shells cover, in scurfy patches, the surface of exposed rocks.
b. spec. in Botany. (See quots.)
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1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 79 Scurfy (squarrosus) applied to a cup in compound flowers, the scales of which are bent outwards at the ends, so as to give the whole a ragged appearance.
1871 W. A. Leighton Lichen-flora 9 Thallus crustaceous, squamose, scurfy, powdery [etc.].
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > grassland
swarded1513
turfy1552
swarth1598
laundy1611
swarthy1613
turfed1628
swardy1639
scurfy1712
herbaged1727
lawny1744
turfen1778
greenswarded1797
open range1905
tall-grass1920
1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 297 A Scurfy Heath Turf will at last grow on the Top of it.
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