scarve

verb

1. (alt-of, alternative, transitive)Alternative form of scarf (“to cover as or like a scarf”).

   “A cowl scarved her shoulders.”

   “He liked the air of discreetness that scarved the town—the atmosphere of gentility and circumspection and tread-wariliness and calf-bound bookishness in which it was steeped.”

   “[…] Of opal clouds that scarve the sky / When pearl grey wisps of dusk float by, / Of lace that spiders have spun new / To catch a drift of tinsel dew; […]”

   “Winding black clouds scarved its base, black streaks on its snow top; […]”

   “The mist that had scarved his eyes dissolved and he saw everything at once with new and startling perception, aware of the folds and pleats of the curtains and in Laurie’s dress, the texture of which stood out as clearly as features in a rarefied landscape opening before his eyes.”

2. (alt-of, alternative, transitive)Alternative form of scarf (“to cover (as) with a scarf”).

   “She scarved her head.”

   “I scarved her shoulders, struck to gold, / I starved for her face till Time grew old / And faltered in its tide.”

   “She has scarved her head like a gypsy in a tie-dyed rag with a fringe that looks like it might once have been a doily in some old tabby’s musty parlor.”

   “She trusted me to scarve her shoulders, her creatures snoozed below our bed.”

   “All of it brought back precious memories of when her mother dressed and scarved her and tucked her all nice and tight into her warm winter gear, then kissed her on her rosy cheeks as she anxiously bounced up and down and couldn’t wait to get out and play with Tristan, throw snowballs or make forts and winged creatures in the snow and laugh all day long.”