scall

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare Icelandic skalli (“a bald head”), English scald.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɔl/, /skɑl/

Noun

scall (countable and uncountable, plural scalls)

1. A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 13:30:

     It is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head.

2. (mining) Loose ground.

Derived terms

• milk scall

Adjective

scall

1. Mean; wretched.

References

• “scall”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “SCALL”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume V (R–S), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC.
• “scall”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “scall”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• calls

Irish

Verb

scall (present analytic scallann, future analytic scallfaidh, verbal noun scalladh, past participle scallta)

1. (cooking) to poach

Conjugation

conjugation of scall (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	scallaim	scallann tú; scallair†	scallann sé, sí	scallaimid	scallann sibh	scallann siad; scallaid†	a scallann; a scallas	scalltar
	past	scall mé; scallas	scall tú; scallais	scall sé, sí	scallamar; scall muid	scall sibh; scallabhair	scall siad; scalladar	a scall / ar scall*	scalladh
	past habitual	scallainn	scalltá	scalladh sé, sí	scallaimis; scalladh muid	scalladh sibh	scallaidís; scalladh siad	a scalladh / a scalladh*	scalltaí
future		scallfaidh mé; scallfad	scallfaidh tú; scallfair†	scallfaidh sé, sí	scallfaimid; scallfaidh muid	scallfaidh sibh	scallfaidh siad; scallfaid†	a scallfaidh; a scallfas	scallfar
conditional		scallfainn	scallfá	scallfadh sé, sí	scallfaimis; scallfadh muid	scallfadh sibh	scallfaidís; scallfadh siad	a scallfadh / a scallfadh*	scallfaí
subjunctive	present	go scalla mé; go scallad†	go scalla tú; go scallair†	go scalla sé, sí	go scallaimid; go scalla muid	go scalla sibh	go scalla siad; go scallaid†	—	go scalltar
	past	dá scallainn	dá scalltá	dá scalladh sé, sí	dá scallaimis; dá scalladh muid	dá scalladh sibh	dá scallaidís; dá scalladh siad	—	dá scalltaí
imperative		scallaim	scall	scalladh sé, sí	scallaimis	scallaigí; scallaidh†	scallaidís	—	scalltar
verbal noun		scalladh
past participle		scallta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form