- scuft
- scuft /skuft/ (dialect)nounThe nape of the neck (also scuff or scruff)ORIGIN: Poss ON skopt, skoft the hair
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scuftdial. variant of scuff n.2
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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Schopf — Haarschopf * * * Schopf [ʃɔpf̮], der; [e]s, Schöpfe [ ʃœpf̮ə]: dichtes, kräftiges, kürzeres Kopfhaar: ein dichter, wirrer Schopf; sie hat einen blonden Schopf. Syn.: ↑ Haar, Haare <Plural>. Zus.: Blondschopf, Haarschopf, Jungenschopf,… … Universal-Lexikon
scruff — scruff1 /skruf/, n. the nape or back of the neck. [1780 90; var. of dial. scuff, scuft < D schoft horse s withers] scruff2 /skruf/, n. Metall. (in tin plating) dross formed in the bath. [metathetic var. of SCURF] * * * … Universalium
scruff — nape of the neck, 1790, altered (by influence of scruff crust ) from scuft (1787), probably related to N.Fris. skuft back of the neck of a horse and Du. schoft withers of a horse, from a common Gmc. source (Cf. O.N. skopt hair of the head, Goth.… … Etymology dictionary
scruff — [[t]skrʌf[/t]] n. anat. the nape or back of the neck • Etymology: 1780–90; alter. of dial. scuff, scuft < D schoft horse s withers … From formal English to slang
Schopf — Schopf: Mhd. schopf »Haar auf dem Kopfe, Haarbüschel« und die anders gebildeten Wörter ahd. scuft, got. skuft, aisl. skopt »Haupthaar« gehören im Sinne von »Büschel« zu der idg. Wurzel *‹s›keu b‹h› , p »Büschel, Quaste«. Aus dem germ.… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
scruff — I. /skrʌf / (say skruf) noun 1. the nape or back of the neck. –verb (t) 2. to seize and hold (a calf) for branding or castrating, without the use of a rope. 3. to subject (someone) to a physical assault. {variant of dialect scuft, from Dutch… …
skufta — *skufta germ., Substantiv: nhd. Haar ( Neutrum), Schopf; ne. hair (Neutrum); Rekontruktionsbasis: got., an., ahd.; Etymologie: s. ing. *skeup ?, * … Germanisches Wörterbuch
