scuffed, pa. pple. and ppl. a.
(skʌft)
[f. scuff v. + -ed1.]
a. Of clothing, etc.: Worn, shabby. Sc., Anglo-Irish, and U.S.
| 1819 Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 90 And scapularies scuff'd and shent..Lay hither-thither on the bent. 1839 Carleton Fardorougha (ed. 2) 62 Differing very little in his dress from an absolute squireen, save in the fact of his Caroline hat being rather scuffed. 1879 New York Tribune 12 Dec. (Cent.), How to restore scuffed gloves. |
b. Of shoes, a floor, etc.: worn or marked by rubbing, scraping, or treading. Also with up.
| 1927 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 381/2 It wasn't a large room but everything in it, from the scuffed leather slippers to the stout..easy chairs, proclaimed a man who knew how to put himself at ease. 1973 R. Thomas If you can't be Good (1974) xii. 99 The beat-up desks..and the scuffed-up floor. 1975 J. Gores Hammett (1976) vii. 51 The hardwood floor waxed but well-scuffed, ready for dancers. 1978 Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 17/3 Generally speaking there are two categories of small boy..the studious, eyes-down-in-a-book type and the outdoor scuffed shoes clothes-in-a-mess variety. |
c. Engin. Of a metal part: worn by scuffing.
| 1934 Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. XXXVIII. 310 Cases have come to one's notice where engines have suffered from troubles in the form of scored, or, as our friends in America term it, ‘scuffed’ pistons. 1941 [see scuffing vbl. n. 3]. |