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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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SCURF, n. [L. scorbutus.]
1. A dry military scab or crust formed on the skin of an animal.
2. The soil or foul remains of any thing adherent; as the scurf of crimes. [Not common nor elegant.] Dryden.
3. Any thing adhering to the surface.
There stood a hill, whose grisly top Shone with a glossy scurf. Milton.
Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body;
especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of
the scalp; dandruff.
Hence, the foul remains of anything
adherent.
The scurf is worn away of each committed crime. Dryden. Anything like flakes or scales adhering to
a surface.
There stood a hill not far, whose grisly top Minute membranous scales on
the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.
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