scarf² /skärf/

1. A joint between pieces placed end to end, cut so as to fit with overlapping like a continuous piece
2. An end so prepared
3. A longitudinal cut in a whale's carcase

1. (also scarph) to join with a scarf-joint
2. To make a scarf in

scarfˈing noun

• swamis
• swamp
• swamp boat
• swamp boats
• swamp cypress
• swamp cypresses
• swamped
• swamper
• swampers
• swamp fever
• swamp fevers
• swamp gas
• swamp gases
• swampier
• swampiest
• swampiness
• swampinesses
• swamping
• swampland
• swamplands
• swamp oak
• swamp oaks
• swamps
• swampy
• swan