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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

scarf¹ / skärf/ • n. (pl. scarves / skärvz/ or scarfs / skärfs/ ) a length or square of fabric worn around the neck or head. DERIVATIVES: scarfed / skärft/ (also scarved) adj. scarf² • v. [tr.] join the ends of (two pieces of timber or metal) by beveling or notching them so that they fit over or into each other. • n. (also scarf joint) a joint connecting two pieces of timber or metal in which the ends are beveled or notched so that they fit over or into each other. scarf³ • v. [tr.] inf. eat or drink (something) hungrily or enthusiastically: he scarfed down the waffles.

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scarf

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

scarf. Type of joint between two timbers meeting end-to-end and designed to appear as one continuous piece. Types include face-halved (with a rectangular notch taken out of each face); side-halved (with a rectangular notch taken out of each side); splayed (with each piece ending in a splay slanted across its length); splayed and tabled (with a splay broken by a step); and stop-splayed (with a partial splay leaving perpendicular elements at each end of the splay, often with further refinements). These joints are very complex, and are in the specialist realm of timber-framed buildings.

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Alcock,, Barley,, Dixon,, & and Meeson (1996);
McKay (1957)

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scarf

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

scarf, or scarph, the joining of two timbers by bevelling off the edges so that the same thickness is maintained throughout the length of the joint. In the construction of a wooden ship, the stem and sternposts are scarfed to the keel. A scarf which embodies a step in the middle of the joint, so preventing the two parts from drawing apart, is called a lock scarf. It is a joint of great antiquity, having been used in early Egyptian and Phoenician shipbuilding.

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scarf

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

scarf2 broad band of stuff as an article of clothing XVI; (her.) XVII. prob. alt. (by assoc. with prec.) of scarp, which is recorded from XVI in the heraldic sense of a diminutive bend sinister. — ONF. escarpe = OF. escherpe (mod. écharpe); prob. identical with OF. escreppe SCRIP1. comp. scarfskin outer layer of the skin. XVII.

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T. F. HOAD. "scarf." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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scarf

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

scarf1 joint for connecting two timbers into a continuous piece. XIV. orig. naut.; prob. — OF. *escarf (mod. écart), f. *escàrver (mod. écarver), perh. f. an ON. base repr. by Sw. skarf, Norw. skarv piece to lengthen a board or a garment, joint or seam effecting this; the ult. orig. remains obscure.
Hence vb. XVII.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

scarf •barf, behalf, calf, chaff, coif, giraffe, Graf, graph, half, laugh, scarf, scrum half, staff, strafe, wing half •headscarf • mooncalf • bar graph •telegraph • polygraph • epigraph •serigraph • cardiograph • radiograph •spectrograph • micrograph •lithograph • heliograph •choreograph • tachograph •stylograph • holograph • seismograph •chronograph, monograph •phonograph • paragraph •cinematograph • pictograph •autograph • photograph • flagstaff •jackstaff • distaff • tipstaff • epitaph •pikestaff • cenotaph

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SCARF

SCARF Accounting Systems Control and Review File

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "SCARF." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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