scall

English

Etymology

Icelandic skalli (“a bald head”). Compare scald.

Noun

scall (countable and uncountable, plural scalls)

  1. A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp.
    • Bible, Leviticus xiii. 30
      It is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head.
  2. (mining) Loose ground.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for scall in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Irish

Verb

scall (present analytic scallann, future analytic scallfaidh, verbal noun scalladh, past participle scallta)

  1. (cooking) to poach

Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present scallaim scallann tú;
scallair†		 scallann sé, sí scallaimid scallann sibh scallann siad;
scallaid†		 a scallann; a scallas scalltar
past scall mé; scallas scall tú; scallais scall sé, sí scallamar; scall muid scall sibh; scallabhair scall siad; scalladar a scall /
ar scall*		 scalladh
past habitual scallainn scalltá scalladh sé, sí scallaimis; scalladh muid scalladh sibh scallaidís; scalladh siad a scalladh /
ar scalladh*		 scalltaí
future scallfaidh mé;
scallfad		 scallfaidh tú;
scallfair†		 scallfaidh sé, sí scallfaimid;
scallfaidh muid		 scallfaidh sibh scallfaidh siad;
scallfaid†		 a scallfaidh; a scallfas scallfar
conditional scallfainn scallfá scallfadh sé, sí scallfaimis; scallfadh muid scallfadh sibh scallfaidís; scallfadh siad a scallfadh /
ar scallfadh*		 scallfaí
subjunctive present go scalla mé;
go scallad†		 go scalla tú;
go scallair†		 go scalla sé, sí go scallaimid;
go scalla muid		 go scalla sibh go scalla siad;
go scallaid†		 — go scalltar
past dá scallainn dá scalltá dá scalladh sé, sí dá scallaimis;
dá scalladh muid		 dá scalladh sibh dá scallaidís;
dá scalladh siad		 — dá scalltaí
imperative scallaim scall scalladh sé, sí scallaimis scallaigí;
scallaidh†		 scallaidís — scalltar
verbal noun scalladh
past participle scallta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form

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