orf

Pronunciation: /ɔːf/

The English word “orf” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

An exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans.

From Old Norse hrufa (“scab”), from Proto-Germanic *hreubaz (whence also dandruff).

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