| scarf |
noun |
A cormorant., An article of dress of a light and decorative character, worn loosely over the shoulders or about the neck or the waist; a light shawl or handkerchief for the neck; also, a cravat; a neckcloth., To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf., To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping., To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, metal rods, etc., To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint., In a piece which is to be united to another by a scarf joint, the part of the end or edge that is tapered off, rabbeted, or notched so as to be thinner than the rest of the piece., A scarf joint. |
| scarp |
noun |
A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter., The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp., A steep descent or declivity., To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock. |