Scarf
[skɑːf] or [skɑrf]
Definition
(noun.) a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration.
(verb.) wrap in or adorn with a scarf.
(verb.) unite by a scarf joint.
(verb.) masturbate while strangling oneself.
Edited by Elvis--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A cormorant.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
(v. t.) To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
(v. t.) To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, metal rods, etc.
(v. t.) To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
(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.
(n.) A scarf joint.
Checker: Stan
Definition
n. a light decorative piece of dress worn loosely on the shoulders or as a band about the neck: a light handkerchief for the neck: a cravat:—pl. Scarfs Scarves (obs.).—v.t. to cover as if with a scarf.—adj. Scarfed decorated with pendants.—ns. Scarf′-pin an ornamental pin worn in a scarf; Scarf′-ring an ornamental ring through which the ends or a scarf are drawn.
n. the cormorant—(Scot.) Scart Skart.
v.t. to join two pieces of timber endwise so that they may appear to be used as one: to flay the skin from a whale.—n. in carpentry a joint whose ends are united so as to form a continuous piece.—ns. Scar′fing; Scarf′ing-machine′ a machine for shaving the ends of leather belting to a feather edge; Scarf′-joint a joint made by overlapping two pieces of timber that will fit each other; Scarf′-loom a figure loom for weaving fabrics.
Edited by Elsie
Examples
- My dear, said she as she carefully folded up her scarf and gloves, my brave physician ought to have a title bestowed upon him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Poseidon, has thou then girdled Hymettus with the azure scarf of ocean? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- To be so near him--though he was silent, though he did not touch so much as her scarf-fringe or the white hem of her dress--affected her like a spell. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And one could cut a pretty enough scarf out of a rainbow. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Her simple bonnet had been trimmed to correspond with her sash; her pretty but inexpensive scarf of white crape suited her dress. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A sweep of her scarf upset her teacup: its contents were shared between the bench and her own satin dress. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Oh, no--it's merely a bore, she asserted, gathering together the ends of her feather scarf. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He knew now he was up against the crazies; the ones with the black-and-red scarves. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The soldiers who like to wear uniforms, who like to strut and swagger and wear red-and-black scarves. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They wrapped their scarves closer round them, resumed their bonnets, which they had removed, and again watched. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There were bodies of constables with blue staves, twenty committee-men with blue scarfs, and a mob of voters with blue cockades. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He ordered and sent a box of scarfs and a grand ivory set of chess-men from China. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Wonderful scarfs, laces, and jewels glittered about her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Moll