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scarf

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Noun

  1. A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
  2. A headscarf.
  3. A neckcloth or cravat.
  4. A type of joint in woodworking, formed by two shaped ends that fit into or onto each other.
  5. A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.
  6. A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.
  7. A cormorant.
  8. Archaic form of scurf (“skin disease; skin flakes”).

Verb

  1. To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
  2. To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
  3. To cover as or like a scarf.
  4. To shape by grinding or oxyfuel torch cutting.
  5. To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, forming a "V" groove for welding adjacent metal plates, metal rods, etc.
  6. To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
  7. To eat very quickly.

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