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SCALP, n. [L. scalpo.] 1. The skin of the top of the head; as a hairless scalp. ...
SCAL'LOP, n. [This is from the root of shell, scale; coinciding with scalp.] 1. ...
SCAL'LION, n. [ascalonia.] a plant of the genus Allium; a variety of the common ...
SCALL, n. [See Scald and Scaldhead.] Scab; scabbiness; leprosy. It is a dry scal...
SCA'LING-LADDER, n. a ladder made for enabling troops to scale a wall.
SCA'LING, ppr. 1. Ascending by ladders or steps; storming. 2. Stripping of scale...
SCA'LINESS, n. [from scaly.] the state of being scaly; roughness.
SCALE'NE, SCALE'NOUS, a. [Gr. oblique, unequal.] A scalene triangle, is one whos...
SCA'LELESS, a. Destitute of scales.
SCA'LED, pp. 1. Ascended by ladders or steps; cleared of scales; pared; scattere...
SCA'LE-STONE, n. A rare mineral, called also tafelspath and tabular spar, occurr...
SCALE, n. [L. id. If the sense is to strip, it coincides with the Gr. to spoil.]...
SCALD'ING-HOT, a. So hot as to scald the skin.
SCALD'ING, ppr. 1. Burning or injuring by hot liquor. 2. Exposing to a boiling h...
SCALD'IC, a. Pertaining to the scalds or poets of antiquity; composed by scalds.
SCALD'HEAD, n. [See Scald .] A lothesome affection of the head, in which it is c...