scalled

English

Adjective

scalled (comparative more scalled, superlative most scalled)

1. (obsolete) scabby; scurfy

Synonyms

• reef, scabrous; see also Thesaurus:scabby

Derived terms

• scalled head

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

1. 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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