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scailen
v.
13 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Of persons: to separate, part company; scatter, disperse; (b)
ben scailed
, to be scattered or dispersed; (c) of vapor or smoke; to dissipate, disperse; (d) of hair: ?to disperse; ?flow or hang…
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