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English
Adjective
scalled (comparative more scalled, superlative most scalled)
- (obsolete) scabby; scurfy
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Middle English
Adjective
scalled
- scabby; scurfy
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC:
As hoot he was and lecherous as a sparwe, With scalled browes blake and piled berd- (please add an English translation of this quotation)