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scarf

1  [skahrf] noun, plural scarfs, scarves  [skahrvz] , verb
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–noun
1. a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
2. a necktie or cravat with hanging ends.
3. a long cover or ornamental cloth for a bureau, table, etc.
–verb (used with object)
4. to cover or wrap with or as if with a scarf.
5. to use in the manner of a scarf.
Origin:
1545–55; perh. special use of scarf 2

Related forms:
scarfless, adjective
scarflike, adjective
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2  [skahrf] noun, plural scarfs, verb
–noun
1. a tapered or otherwise-formed end on each of the pieces to be assembled with a scarf joint.
2. Whaling. a strip of skin along the body of the whale.
–verb (used with object)
3. to assemble with a scarf joint.
4. to form a scarf on (the end of a timber).
5. Steelmaking. to burn away the surface defects of (newly rolled steel).
6. Whaling. to make a groove in and remove (the blubber and skin).
Also, scarph (for defs. 1, 3, 4).

Origin:
1490–1500; < ON skarfr (deriv. of skera to cut) end cut from a beam (hence perh. a piece of cloth cut off, i.e., scarf 1 ); cf. Sw skarv patch

Related forms:
scarfer, noun

scarf

3  [skahrf]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object) Slang.
to eat, esp. voraciously (often fol. by down or up): to scarf down junk food.
Origin:
1955–60, Americanism; var. of scoff 2 , with r inserted prob. through r-dialect speakers' mistaking the underlying vowel as an r-less ar
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scarf 1   (skärf)   
n.   pl. scarfs (skärfs) or scarves (skärvz)

  1. A long piece of cloth worn about the head, neck, or shoulders.

  2. A decorative cloth for covering the top of a piece of furniture; a runner.

  3. A sash indicating military rank.

tr.v.   scarfed, scarf·ing, scarfs

  1. To dress, cover, or decorate with or as if with a scarf.

  2. To wrap (an outer garment) around one like a scarf.


[French dialectal escarpe, sash, sling, from Old North French, variant of Old French escherpe, pilgrim's bag hung from the neck, from Frankish *skirpja, small rush, from Latin scirpus, rush.]
scarf 2   (skärf)   
n.   pl. scarfs (skärfs)

  1. A joint made by cutting or notching the ends of two pieces correspondingly and strapping or bolting them together. Also called scarf joint.

  2. Either of the correspondingly cut or notched ends that fit together to form such a joint.

tr.v.   scarfed, scarf·ing, scarfs

  1. To join by means of a scarf.

  2. To cut a scarf in.


[Middle English skarf, as in scarfnail, probably from Old Norse skarfr, end piece of a board cut off on the bias.]
scarf 3   (skärf)   
tr.v.   scarfed, scarf·ing, scarfs Slang
To eat or drink voraciously; devour: "Americans scarf down 50 million hot dogs on an average summer day" (George F. Will).

[Variant of scoff2.]
scarf'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
scarf

  1. tv.
    to eat something. : Andy scarfed the whole pie.
  2. in.
    to eat. : I'll be with you as soon as I scarf.
  3. n.
    food. : I want some good scarf. This stuff stinks.
  4. tv.
    to steal or swipesomething. : The kid scarfed a candy bar, and the store owner called the cops.
  5. tv.
    to discard something. : Scarf that thing. It's no good.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

scarf  (3)
"eat hastily," 1960, U.S. teen slang, originally a noun meaning "food, meal" (1932), perhaps imitative, or from scoff (attested in a similar sense from 1846). Or perhaps from a dial. survival of O.E. sceorfan "to gnaw, bite" (see scarf (2)); a similar word is found in a S.African context in the 1600s.

scarf  (1)
"strip of cloth," 1555, "a band worn across the body or over the shoulders," probably from O.N.Fr. escarpe "sash, sling," which probably is identical with O.Fr. escherpe "pilgrim's purse suspended from the neck," perhaps from Frank. *skirpja, from a Gmc. source (cf. O.N. skreppa "small bag, wallet, satchel"), or from M.L. scirpa "little bag woven of rushes," from L. scirpus "rush, bulrush," of unknown origin. As a cold-weather covering for the neck, first recorded 1844. Plural form scarfs began to yield to scarves early 18c., on model of half/halves, etc.

scarf  (2)
"connecting joint," 1276, probably from O.N. skarfr "nail for fastening a joint." A general North Sea Gmc. ship-building word (cf. Du. scherf, Swed. skarf, Norw. skarv), the exact relationship of all these is unclear. Also borrowed into Romanic (cf. Fr. écart, Sp. escarba); perhaps ult. from P.Gmc. *skerf-, *skarf- (cf. O.E. sceorfan "to gnaw, bite").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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