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scall

[skawl]
–noun
dandruff.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME < ON skalli bald head. Cf. skull
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scall   (skôl, skäl)   
n.  A scaly eruption of the skin or scalp.

[Middle English, from Old Norse skalli, a bald head; see skel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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scall (skôl, skäl) or scald (skôld, skäld)
n.
A scaly eruption of the skin or scalp.

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