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Look up: scarf

  1. scarf
    [n] - a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration 2. [v] - masturbate while strangling oneself 3. [v] - unite by a scarf joint 4. [v] - wrap in or adorn with a scarf
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. scarf
    the sloping surface left on a butt log or stump as a result of the undercut Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • to eliminate cracks by removal of metal in order to abolish the notch effect Category: Iron and steel industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Scarf
    Scarf (skärf) noun [ Icelandic skarfr .] A cormorant. [ Scot.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/27

  4. Scarf
    Scarf noun ; plural Scarfs , rarely Scarves (skärvz). [ Confer Old French escharpe a pilgrim's scrip, or wallet (hanging about the neck), French écharpe sash, scarf; probably from Old High German scharpe pocket; also (from the French) Danish skiærf ; Swedish skärp , Prov. German schärfe , LG. scherf , German schärpe ; ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/27

  5. Scarf
    Scarf transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Scarfed ; present participle & verbal noun 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/27

  6. Scarf
    Scarf transitive verb [ Swedish skarfva to eke out, to join together, skarf a seam, joint; confer Danish skarre to joint, to unite timber, Icelandic skara to clinch the planks of a boat, German 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 ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/27

  7. Scarf
    Scarf noun (a) In a piece which is to be united to another by a scarf joint, the part of the end or edge that is tapered off, rabbeted, or notched so as to be thinner than the rest of the piece. (b) A scarf joint. Scarf joint (a) A joint made by overlapping and bolting or locking together the ends of two pieces of timber that are halved, notched, or cut away so tha ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/27

  8. scarf
    Origin: Cf. OF. Escharpe a piligrim's scrip, or wallet (handing about the neck), F. Echarpe sash, scarf; probably from OHG. Scharpe pocket; also (from the French) Dan. Skiaerf; Sw. Skarp, Prov. G. Scharfe, LG. Scherf, G. Scharpe; and also AS. Scearf a fragment; possibly akin to E. Scrip a wallet. Cf. Scarp a scarf. ... An article of dress of a light ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. scarf
    noun a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. Scarf
    A `scarf` is a piece of fabric worn on or near the head or around the neck for warmth, cleanliness, fashion or for religious reasons.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarf

  11. Scarf
    • (n.) A cormorant. • (v. t.) To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, metal rods, etc. • (n.) A scarf joint. • (v. t.) To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint. • (n.) An article of dress of a light and decorative character, worn loosely over the shoulders or about the neck or th...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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