SCARF

scarf

(noun) a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration

scarf

(verb) wrap in or adorn with a scarf

scarf

(verb) unite by a scarf joint

scarf

(verb) masturbate while strangling oneself

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

scarf (plural scarves or scarfs)

A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.

A headscarf.

(dated) A neckcloth or cravat.

Verb

scarf (third-person singular simple present scarfs, present participle scarfing, simple past and past participle scarfed)

To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.

To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.

Etymology 2

Noun

scarf (plural scarfs)

A type of joint in woodworking.

A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.

A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.

Synonyms

• muffler

Verb

scarf (third-person singular simple present scarfs, present participle scarfing, simple past and past participle scarfed)

To shape by grinding.

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.

To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.

Etymology 3

Verb

scarf (third-person singular simple present scarfs, present participle scarfing, simple past and past participle scarfed)

(transitive, US, slang) To eat very quickly.

Usage notes

The more usual form in the UK is scoff.

Etymology 4

Noun

scarf (plural scarfs)

(Scotland) A cormorant.

Anagrams

• fracs

Source: Wiktionary

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Scarf, n. Etym: [Icel. skarfr.]

Definition: A cormorant. [Scot.]

Scarf, n.; pl. Scarfs, rarely Scarves. Etym: [Cf. OF. escharpe a piligrim's scrip, or wallet (handing about the neck.), F. écharpe sash, scarf; probably from OHG. scharpe pocket; also (from the French) Dan. skiærf; Sw. skärp, Prov. G. schärfe, LG. scherf, G. schärpe; and also AS. scearf a fragment; possibly akin to E. scrip a wallet. Cf. Scarp a scarf.]

Definition: 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.

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.

Scarf, v. t. Etym: [Sw. skarfva to eke out, to join together, skarf a seam, joint; cf. Dan. skarre to joint, to unite timber, Icel. skara to clinich 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.

Scarf, n. (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 that they will fit each other and form a lengthened beam of the same size at the junction as elsewhere. (b) A joint formed by welding, riveting, or brazing together the overlapping scarfed ends, or edges, of metal rods, sheets, etc.

– Scarf weld. See under Weld.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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