Definition of "scurfy" [scurf•y]

• Covered with scurf (adjective)

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• "Presently the other began to move towards him, waving a large misshapen hand which gleamed with a kind of scurfy whiteness; and he cried out unintelligible words, which seemed half angry, half piteous."
• "The scurfy skin disease so common among savages has a close connexion with the poorness and irregularity of their living."
• "Nearly half of them were afflicted with the scurfy skin-disease."