scaling ladder

A ladder used in the a ault of fortified places. scăl-1-0-lạ (i as yl), s. [SCAGLIOLA.] scâll, *skâll, *skalle, s . & a. [Icel. skalli =a bare head; cf. Sw. skallig =bald; skala =to peel; Dan. & Sw.skal =a husk.] [SCALE (1), 8. ] A. As subst .: Scab, scurf, scabbine , leprosy. "Under thy long locks thou maist haue the scall ." Chaucer: To his Scrivener. *B. As adj .: Mean, paltry, low. "To be revenge on this same scall , scurvy, cogging companion."-Shakesp.: Merry Wives , iii. 2. *(1) Dry scall: Dry tetter, psoriasis (q. v.). Gesenius considers the dry scall of scripture (netheq, Lev. xiii. 30) to be porrigo or impetigo (q. v.). The R. V. omits "dry," which is not in the original. *(2) Moist scall : Pathol.: Humid or running tetter; impetigo (q. v.).