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."
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."
4.(Bot.) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.
