noun pl. scarves (skärvz), scarfs

1. a long or broad piece of cloth worn about the neck, head, or shoulders for warmth or decoration; muffler, babushka, neckerchief, etc.
2. a long, narrow covering for a table, bureau top, etc.; runner
3. a sash worn by soldiers or officials

Etymology: NormFr escarpe (OFr escharpe), a purse suspended from the neck, wallet < ML scirpa, scrippa, earlier scirpea, rush pouch or basket < L scirpeus, of rushes < scirpus, a rush, bulrush

transitive verb

noun pl. scarfs

1. a joint made by notching, grooving, or otherwise cutting the ends of two pieces and fastening them so that they lap over and join firmly into one continuous piece
   also called scarf joint
2. the ends of a piece cut in this fashion

Etymology: prob. < Scand, as in ON skarfr, obliquely cut beam-end < IE *skerp- < base *(s)ker-, to cut > shear

transitive verb

1. to join by a scarf
2. to make a scarf in the end of

transitive verb

Etymology: var. of dial. scaff, eat voraciously < ?