| Scurf 1. (n.) Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff. 2. (n.) Hence, the foul remains of anything adherent. 3. (n.) Anything like flakes or scales adhering to a surface. 4. (n.) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot. Thesaurus Entries bilge, bilgewater, canaille, carrion, chip, corruption, dandruff, decay, dishwater, ditchwater, excrement, filth, flake, floccule, flocculus, flock, foul matter, furfur, gangrene, garbage, hoi polloi, masses, mess, mob, muck, mucus, obscenity, offal, offscourings, ordure, other half, paring, proletariat, pus, putrid matter, refuse, riffraff, rot, scale, scum, scuz, sewage, sewerage, shaving, slime, slop, slops, slough, smut, snot, sordes, swill, trash |