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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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"Scarf" Quotes from Famous Books

... above two eyes glared fiercely. Spires of grass stuck in each side of the mouth seemed meant to represent whiskers; the upper corners of the bag were twisted like ears, and no one could doubt for a moment that the black scarf pinned on ...

— Eight Cousins • Louisa M. Alcott

... study. The fair weather is gone again, and it has rained all day. I do not like this open weather, though some say it is healthy. They say it is a false report about the plague at Newcastle.(4) I have no news to-day: I dined with Mrs. Vanhomrigh, to desire them to buy me a scarf; and Lady Abercorn(5) is to buy me another, to see who does best: mine is all in rags. I saw the Duke of Richmond(6) yesterday at Court again, but would not speak to him: I believe we are fallen out. I am now in bed; and it has rained ...

— The Journal to Stella • Jonathan Swift

... in person; and withal possessing an air of distinction which the other might have possessed also, had it not been considerably diminished by the certain gay and swaggering look which we have already noticed. His dress was not so completely military as that of the first, though there was scarf and sword-knot, and gold-fringed belt and leathern gloves, with wide cuffs, which swallowed up the ...

— The King's Highway • G. P. R. James

... and even when the error was detected, the roar of merriment retained its momentum and rolled: so that, to the hour of the first launch, the enterprise was commonly referred to as "Beech's Folly", and scarf-pins, ink-stands, etc., in the shape of the forts, were sold with that superscription: ...

— The Lord of the Sea • M. P. Shiel

... Francisco assail the visitor like colors in a gypsy's scarf lustrous and salient. There is so much vivacity in the streets downtown, so much to see in the haunts talked about, that one is apt to overlook in a brief sojourn an outstanding characteristic of ...

— Fascinating San Francisco • Fred Brandt and Andrew Y. Wood

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