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From Middle Irish scomaid.

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scamh (present analytic scamhann, future analytic scamhfaidh, verbal noun scamhadh, past participle scafa) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. (transitive) peel, scale, strip, lay bare
  2. (intransitive) to be exposed
  3. (transitive) pare surface of, shave, plane down
  4. (intransitive) (of clothes) rub, fray; (of knitting) ravel

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