scalled

English

Adjective

scalled (comparative more scalled, superlative most scalled)

(obsolete) scabby; scurfy

Synonyms

reef, scabrous; see also Thesaurus:scabby

Related terms

scall

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “scalled”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Middle English

Adjective

scalled

scabby; scurfy
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
  As hoot he was and lecherous as a sparwe, With scalled browes blake and piled berd
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