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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scuff  \Scuff\,  n.  [Cf.  D.  schoft  shoulder,  Goth.  skuft  hair  of 
  the  head.  Cf  {Scruff}.] 
  The  back  part  of  the  neck;  the  scruff.  [Prov.  Eng.]  --Ld. 
  Lytton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scuff  \Scuff\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scuffed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Scuffing}.]  [See  {Scuffle}.] 
  To  walk  without  lifting  the  feet;  to  proceed  with  a  scraping 
  or  dragging  movement;  to  shuffle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scuff 
  n  1:  a  slipper  that  has  no  fitting  around  the  heel  [syn:  {mule}, 
  {mules},  {scuffs}] 
  2:  the  act  of  scuffing  (scraping  or  dragging  the  feet)  [syn:  {scuffing}] 
  v  1:  walk  without  lifting  the  feet  [syn:  {drag}] 
  2:  get  or  become  scuffed;  "These  patent  leather  shoes  scuffed" 
  3:  mar  by  scuffing;  "scuffed  shoes" 
  4:  poke  at  with  the  foot  or  toe 




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