SCARF
\skˈɑːf], \skˈɑːf], \s_k_ˈɑː_f]\
Definitions of SCARF
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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wrap in or adorn with a scarf
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unite by a scarf joint
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a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A cormorant.
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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.
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To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
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To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
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To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, metal rods, etc.
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To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
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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.
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A scarf joint.
By Oddity Software
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A cormorant.
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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.
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To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
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To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
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To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, metal rods, etc.
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To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
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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.
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A scarf joint.
By Noah Webster.
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A light handkerchief or tie for the neck; a broad band of fabric worn loosely over the shoulders or about the neck, over the head, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A light piece of dress worn loosely on the shoulders or about the neck: a light handkerchief for the neck:-pl. SCARFS.
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To join two pieces of timber endwise, so that they may be used as one.
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SCARFING.
By Daniel Lyons
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Light covering for the shoulders or neck; juncture made by cutting into the opposing parts.
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To cut a scarf on.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Carp. A lapped joint for uniting timbers.
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A long and wide band, as for the head and neck.
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A necktie.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [ French, Anglo Saxon] A light article of dress worn loosely over the shoulders or about the neck;—a thin shell.
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n. The part cut away from each of two pieces of timber to be joined longitudinally, so that the corresponding ends may fit together in an even joint;-the joint so formed.
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