scurf
- n (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts
- n a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
- What the scurf was, if, indeed, it had a name, no one knew; they knew only that when it attacked a cat, there was no hope left for the beast's life; that it had already attacked .
- Brought in by the House of Morgan in 1927 to scurf the accumulated rust off the company management, Lawyer Taylor, a recognized troubleshooter, did two important jobs for Big .