scall

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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

Noun

scall (countable and uncountable, plural scalls)

  1. A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp.
  2. (mining) Loose ground.

Derived terms

Adjective

scall

  1. Mean; wretched.

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Irish

Verb

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

  1. (cooking) to poach

Conjugation