the scurf
111fly agaric — n a poisonous mushroom of the genus Amanita (A. muscaria) that has a variably colored but typically bright red pileus with a warty white scurf on the surface that with the related death cap is responsible for most cases of severe mushroom… …
112dandruff — [16] The word dandruff (or dandriff, as it commonly used to be) first appears, out of the blue, in the mid 16th century, with no known relatives. Its first element, dand , remains utterly obscure, but the second part may have been borrowed from… …
113bhrē̆ u-1, bhrū̆ - — bhrē̆ u 1, bhrū̆ English meaning: to pierce, break Deutsche Übersetzung: “with scharfem Werkzeug schneiden, abschaben etc”, especially Gmc. “zerschlagen, brechen” Note: extension from bher Material: O.Ind. bhrūṇ a m “embryo”… …
114dandruff — [16] The word dandruff (or dandriff, as it commonly used to be) first appears, out of the blue, in the mid 16th century, with no known relatives. Its first element, dand , remains utterly obscure, but the second part may have been borrowed from… …
115scruff — scruff1 /skruf/, n. the nape or back of the neck. [1780 90; var. of dial. scuff, scuft < D schoft horse s withers] scruff2 /skruf/, n. Metall. (in tin plating) dross formed in the bath. [metathetic var. of SCURF] * * * …
116Scrivener — A scribe or copyist; someone who wrote professionally. There was always the problem inherent in copying of the transmission of errors, either through lack of attention to the text or through bad writing being mis read. Authors themselves were… …
117Scriveyn — A scribe or copyist; someone who wrote professionally. There was always the problem inherent in copying of the transmission of errors, either through lack of attention to the text or through bad writing being mis read. Authors themselves were… …
118bran — (n.) c.1300, the husk of wheat, barley, etc., separated from the flour after grinding, from O.Fr. bren bran, scurf, scales, feces (12c., Mod.Fr. bran), perhaps connected with Gaulish *brenno manure, or with BURN (Cf. burn). The word also was used …
119scruff — I. /skrʌf / (say skruf) noun 1. the nape or back of the neck. –verb (t) 2. to seize and hold (a calf) for branding or castrating, without the use of a rope. 3. to subject (someone) to a physical assault. {variant of dialect scuft, from Dutch… …
120gher-2 — gher 2 English meaning: to stroke roughly, rub Deutsche Übersetzung: “hart worũber streichen, reiben” Note: compare also die extensions ghrēi , ghrēu , ghrem , ghren , as well as above grōd Material: Gk. κέγχρος “millet,… …
