Dandruff /(dăn"drŭf)/

Dandruff

n.

[Prob. from W. toncrust, 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.

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