An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
SCURF
scale, scurf, exfoliation
(noun) a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
scurf
(noun) (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
scurf (countable and uncountable, plural scurfs)
A skin disease.
The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease.
Synonym: dandruff
Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general.
(figurative) The foul remains of anything adherent.
Synonym: scum
(botany) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.
Etymology 2
Noun
scurf (plural scurfs)
A grey bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus).
Anagrams
• curfs
Source: Wiktionary
Scurf, n. Etym: [AS. scurf, sceorf, or from Scand.; cf. Sw. skorf, Dan. skurv, Icel. skurfur, D. schurft, G. schorf; all akin to AS. scurf, and to AS. sceorfan to scrape, to gnaw, G. schĂĽrfen to scrape, and probably also to E. scrape. Cf. Scurvy.]
1. Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff.
2. Hence, the foul remains of anything adherent. The scurf is worn away of each committed crime. Dryden.
3. Anything like flakes or scales adhering to a surface. There stood a hill not far, whose grisly top Belched fire and rolling smoke; the rest entire Shone with a glossy scurf. Milton.
4. (Bot.)
Definition: Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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