| 释义 |
scurfiness|ˈskɜːfɪnɪs|
Also 6 scorffynesse.
[f. scurfy a. + -ness.]
The condition of being scurfy or covered with scurf.
a1529Skelton Dk. Albany 140 In lousy lothsumnesse And scabbed scorffynesse. 1657W. Coles Adam in Eden ciij, The same stamped with Honey..consumeth and scoureth away..all scurfinesse of the Head and Face. 1799Underwood Dis. Childhood (ed. 4) II. 20 Some infants early contract a scurfiness on the head.
b. Bot. (See quot. 1900.)
1857A. Gray First Less. Bot. (1866) Gloss., Scurfiness. 1900B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms, Scurf..Scurfiness, the appearance produced by membranous scales. |