scall
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of scall
1250–1300; Middle English < Old Norse skalli bald head. Cf. skull
Example Sentences
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Ronyon, applied to a woman, means, as far as can be traced, much the same with scall or scab spoken of a man.
From Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies by Johnson, Samuel
—I desire you that we may be friends; and let us knog our 110 prains together to be revenge on this same scall, scurvy, cogging companion, the host of the Garter.
From The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge
"B'iler bust—dearie me—Miss Jane's scall to death!" exclaimed Hetty.
From Elinor Wyllys, Volume 1 by Cooper, Susan Fenimore
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