scalled

scalled (comparative more scalled, superlative most scalled)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of scald (“scabby, scurfy”)

• reef, scabrous; see also Thesaurus:scabby

• scalled head

• scall

• “scalled”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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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