† escaladj.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Pertaining to food; fit to be eaten.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Escal, pertaining to meat, fit to be eaten.
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
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adj.1656- to show a person a fair pair of one's heels
- to show a person a good time
- to show a person a pair of heels
- to show a person a pair of one's heels
- to show a person a pleasure
- to show a person a thing or two
- to show a person one's back
- to show a person pleasure
- to show a person the back
- to show a person the door
- to show a person the feet
- to show a person the way
- to show a person what for
- to show a thing or two
- to show ahead
- to show around
- to show away
- to show canvas
- to show civility
- to show down
- to show down and out
- to show face
- to show false colours
- to show fight
- to show foot