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▪ I. scall, n. (and a.) Obs. exc. Sc. and north. dial.|skɔːl|
Also 4–6 scalle, skalle, 6–7 scaul(e, skall, 6, 9 skal, 7, 9 scal. β. Sc. and north. 4 sca, 6 skaw, 5, 7, 9 scaw.
[prob. a. ON. skalle a (naturally) bald head (Sw. skalle skull; cf. skallig bald), app. a derivative of OTeut. *skal- (whence shale n., shell n.).]
A. n. A scaly or scabby disease of the skin, esp. of the scalp. dry scall: psoriasis. humid scall or moist scall: eczema.
honeycomb scall, milk scall, milky scall, ringworm scall: see the qualifying words.
αa1300Cursor M. 11819 In his heued he has þe scall. c1374Chaucer To Scriv. 3 Vnder þy long lokkes þowe most haue þe scalle. c1440Pallad. on Husb. vi. 138 They wol been in good poynte Withouten scorf or scalle. 1526Grete Herball cxxiii. (1529) H ij b, Agaynst scalles of the heed..bruse grene camomyll. a1529Skelton Howe the Douty Duke of Albany, etc. 219 Wks. 1843 II. 74 Full of scabbes and scaules. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. iii. (1641) 99 Through their salt phlegms their heads were hid wth skalls. 1601Holland Pliny xx. ix. II. 52 It mundifieth the skurfe or dandruffe in the head, the running scalls likewise that are bred there. 1611Bible Lev. xiii. 30 A dry skall, euen a leprosie vpon the head or beard. Ibid. xiv. 54 This is the law for all manner plague of leprosie and skall. 1694Salmon Bate's Dispens. 157/1 The Leprosie, white Scall, and all sorts of Ulcers which are not corroding. 1829Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) V. 641 The furfuraceous or branny scall..is often mistaken for a pityriasis or lepriasis, particularly where it appears in the scalp. 1833Todd in Cycl. Pract. Med. I. 671 Ecthyma..papulous scall.
βc1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxvi. (Baptista) 1067, & þar-to sic a sca had he þat of his body nocht was fre. a1450Ratis Raving i. 182 The lypir and the faland Ill, Wild fyre and scaw. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot., Descr. Alb. x. C j, This oulie hes ane singulare virtew aganis all maner of cankir and skawis. 1867E. B. Ramsay Scot. Life & Char. v. (ed. 15) 115, I've had..the scaw [note, The itch]. 1870J. K. Hunter Life Studies xxvi. 190 Brimstone and butter was..the great medium for curin' the scaw.
b. attrib.: scall-bladder, a vesicle of eczema (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1897).
B. attrib. or adj. = scalled. Also Comb., scall-patched adj.
1598Shakes. Merry W. iii. i. 123 To be reuenge on this same scall-scuruy-cogging-companion the Host of the Garter. 1602Narcissus (1893) 569 Goe to, y'are a scall scabbe. 1632Lithgow Trav. i. 3 Shallow scal-patch'd pates.
▪ II. scall
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