Middle English Dictionary Entry
scālī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | scālī adj. |
| Etymology | From scāle n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Covered with scales; (b) anat. of the suture between the temporal and parietal bones: characterized by the overlapping of surfaces in the manner of scales, squamous; (c) flaky; (d) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)99b/a : An addre leueth liȝtliche his skynne and is skaly [L squamosus].
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)43b/b : Þer wer oþere two bones in eiþer side þat had squamouse oþere scali commissures.
c
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)78 : Oynte with þis oyle þin erys of þe hede, and it wole destroye þe skaly dust of hit.
d
- (1265) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)1.222 : Adam Scali.