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Webster 1913 Edition

(dăn′drŭf)

Noun.

[Prob. from W.

ton

crust, peel, skin + AS.

drōf

dirty, draffy, or W.

drwg

bad: cf. AS.

tan

a letter, an eruption. √240.]

A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small scales or particles.

[Written also

dandriff

Noun.

A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small scales or particles.