scurrifungev.
? dialect.
1. ? transitive. To scrub, scour.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > scour, scrub, or rub [verb (transitive)]
ruokenc1275
scour?a1366
ruba1382
shorec1460
off-scour1578
scrubc1595
to rub up1605
hog1651
scummer1678
scurrifunge1789
1789 W. Cowper Let. 6 June (1982) III. 291 Half a dozen tooth-brushes... Two of the brushes above-said must be for inside scurryfunging, viz. they must be hooked.
2. intransitive. (See quot. 1777-8.)
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1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 385 [Devon] To Scurrifunge—probe flagellare—to lash tightly.
3. ? To wriggle about.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)] > wriggle
wiggle?c1225
wriggle1495
wraggle?a1513
wrabble1513
sprinklea1522
wrig1599
squirm1691
scrigglea1701
wraxle1746
squiggle1816
wiggle-waggle1827
swiggle1837
scurrifunge1894
1894 Punch 1 Sept. 102/1 So he scurryfunged around with his stomach on the ground,..And he spied ‘a stag of ten’.
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