1. a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.
2. a necktie or cravat with hanging ends.
3. a long cover or ornamental cloth for a bureau, table, etc.

4. to cover or wrap with or as if with a scarf.
5. to use in the manner of a scarf.

1. to eat, especially voraciously (often followed by down or up): to scarf down junk food.

1. a tapered or otherwise-formed end on each of the pieces to be assembled with a scarf joint.
2. a strip of skin along the body of the whale.

3. to assemble with a scarf joint.
4. to form a scarf on (the end of a timber).
5. to burn away the surface defects of (newly rolled steel).
6. to make a groove in and remove (the blubber and skin).

1. a rectangular, triangular, or long narrow piece of cloth worn around the head, neck, or shoulders for warmth or decoration

2. to wrap with or as if with a scarf
3. to use as or in the manner of a scarf

1. a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
2. the end of a piece of timber shaped to form such a joint
3. a wedge-shaped cut made in a tree before felling, to determine the direction of the fall
4. an incision made along a whale's body before stripping off the blubber

5. to join (two pieces of timber) by means of a scarf
6. to make a scarf on (a piece of timber)
7. to cut a scarf in (a whale)

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