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noun

Scarf n. A cormorant. (Scot.)

Scarf n. (pl. scarfs, rarely scarves) 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." "With care about the banners, scarves, and staves."

Scarf n.

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.

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.

verb

Scarf v. t. (past & past part. scarfed; pres. part. scarfing)

To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf. "My sea-gown scarfed about me."

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

Scarf v. t.

To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, metal rods, etc.

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

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Etymology of 'Scarf'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... cases, to judge of the death of a child, it may be material to attend accurately to the force of cohesion between the skin and the scarf-skin: and still more, to be well acquainted with the various appearances of the blood settling upon the external parts of the body, and transuding through all the internal parts in proportion to the time that ...

— On the uncertainty of the signs of murder in the case of bastard children • William Hunter

... the broad empire of fiction could furnish, and never yet lowered his arm. Believe me it is no carpet duty to have served on the British privateers in Guiana, under Commodore Kingsley, alongside of Salvation Yeo; to have been a loyal member of Thuggee and cast the scarf for Bowanee; to have watched the tortures of Beatrice Cenci (pronounced as written in honest English, and I spit upon the weaklings of the service who imagine that any freak of woman called Bee-ah-treech-y Chon-chy could have endured ...

— The Delicious Vice • Young E. Allison

... passing the Burke and Wills' monument, and Calton's quick eye had caught a glimpse of Rolleston walking down the left-hand side. What first attracted Calton's attention was the glittering appearance of Felix. His well-brushed top hat glittered, his varnished boots glittered, and his rings and scarf-pin glittered; in fact, so resplendent was his appearance that he looked like an animated diamond coming along ...

— The Mystery of a Hansom Cab • Fergus Hume

... slowly, "was half lying on a divan when I entered. He was dressed in a velvet jacket and loose trousers of the same material, and had around his neck an immense white silk scarf. I do not cherish any resentment against this young man; he has never to his knowledge injured me: he was in ignorance of our father's crime; I am therefore able to speak of him with justice. He is handsome, bears himself well, and ...

— The Widow Lerouge - The Lerouge Case • Emile Gaboriau

... toward the door. As he did so four pairs of arms enveloped him, and before he could offer the slightest resistance, he was bound hand and foot, a scarf was tied over his mouth, and he was pushed most disrespectfully into a chair. The baron's mouth was twisted out of shape, ...

— The Puppet Crown • Harold MacGrath

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