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Definition of Scall
1. n. A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp.
2. a. Scabby; scurfy.
Definition of Scall
1. a scaly eruption of the skin [n -S]
Medical Definition of Scall
1. A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp. "It is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head." (Lev. Xiii. 30) Origin: Icel. Skalli a bald head. Cf. Scald. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scall
Literary usage of Scall
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text by Jewish Publication Society of America, Max Leopold Margolis (1917)
"31And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, ind, behold, the appearance
thereof be not deeper than the skin, and there be no black hair in it, ..."
2. A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament, with Devotional and by Job Orton (1805)
"But if the scall spread much in the 34 seven days more : And in the seventh day
the priest shall look on the scall : and, behold, [if] the scall be not ..."
3. The Documents of the Hexateuch: Translated and Arranged in Chronological by William Edward Addis (1898)
"But if, when the priest looks at the sore of the scall, it do not appear deeper
than the skin, but there be no black hair in it, the priest shall shut up ..."
4. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: The Text Carefully by Adam Clarke (1837)
"31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in
sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it ^ -then ..."