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Audio Help [skahrf] Pronunciation Key noun, plural scarfs, scarves
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Audio Help [skahrf] Pronunciation Key noun, plural scarfs, scarves
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–verb (used with object)
| 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. |
| 4. | to cover or wrap with or as if with a scarf. |
| 5. | to use in the manner of a scarf. |
—Related forms
scarfless, adjective
scarflike, adjective
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Scarf
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Audio Help [skahrf] Pronunciation Key noun, plural scarfs, verb
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| 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. |
| 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). |
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scarf3
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Audio Help [skahrf] Pronunciation Key –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 scoff2, with r inserted prob. through r-dialect speakers' mistaking the underlying vowel as an r-less ar]
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| scarf 1
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n. pl. scarfs (skärfs) or scarves (skärvz)
tr.v. scarfed, scarf·ing, scarfs
[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.] |
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| scarf 2
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n. pl. scarfs (skärfs)
tr.v. scarfed, scarf·ing, scarfs
[Middle English skarf, as in scarfnail, probably from Old Norse skarfr, end piece of a board cut off on the bias.] |
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| scarf 3
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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. |
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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.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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.
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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 |
| scarf | |
noun | |
| 1. | a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration |
| 2. | a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end [syn: scarf joint] |
verb | |
| 1. | masturbate while strangling oneself |
| 2. | unite by a scarf joint |
| 3. | wrap in or adorn with a scarf |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
scarf [skaːf] noun — plurals scarves [skaːvz], scarfs
a long strip of material to wear round one's neck
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Scarf
Frame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Framed; p. pr. & vb. n. Framing.] [OE. framen, fremen, to execute, build, AS. fremman to further, perform, effect, fr. fram strong, valiant; akin to E. foremost, and prob. to AS. fram from, Icel. fremja, frama, to further, framr forward, G. fromm worthy, excellent, pious. See Foremost, From, and cf. Furnish.]1. (Arch. & Engin.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice. 2. To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false. How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years. --I. Watts. 3. To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform. And frame my face to all occasions. --Shak. We may in some measure frame our minds for the reception of happiness. --Landor. The human mind is framed to be influenced. --I. Taylor. 4. To cause; to bring about; to produce. [Obs.] Fear frames disorder, and disorder wounds. --Shak. 5. To support. [Obs. & R.] That on a staff his feeble steps did frame. --Spenser. 6. To provide with a frame, as a picture.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Scarf
Scarf\ (sk[aum]rf), n. [Icel. skarfr.] A cormorant. [Scot.]| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Scarf
Scarf\, n.; pl. Scarfs, rarely Scarves (sk[aum]rvz). [Cf. OF. escharpe a pilgrim's scrip, or wallet (hanging about the neck), F. ['e]charpe sash, scarf; probably from OHG. scharpe pocket; also (from the French) Dan. ski[ae]rf; Sw. sk["a]rp, Prov. G. sch["a]rfe, LG. scherf, G. sch["a]rpe; and also AS. scearf a fragment; possibly akin to E. scrip a wallet. Cf. Scarp a scarf.] An article of dress of a light and decorative character, worn loosely over the shoulders or about the neck or the waist; a light shawl or handkerchief for the neck; also, a cravat; a neckcloth. Put on your hood and scarf. --Swift. With care about the banners, scarves, and staves. --R. Browning.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Scarf
Scarf\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarfed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scarfing.]1. To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf. "My sea-gown scarfed about me." --Shak. 2. To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping. --Shak.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Scarf
Scarf\, v. t. [Sw. skarfva to eke out, to join together, skarf a seam, joint; cf. Dan. skarre to joint, to unite timber, Icel. skara to clinch the planks of a boat, G. scharben to chop, to cut small.] (a) To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, metal rods, etc. (b) To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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