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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Scallet, n. (e.m.E. scalade n. an assault by scaling-ladder (1591), also mod. Eng. (1824) a scaling-ladder, Ital. scalada, F. escalade. Only in Lithgow, cf. Scalletingvbl. n. See also Scale n.3) —1632 Lithgow Trav. viii 349.
The ditch … is mainly pallasaded with wooden stakes, for preuenting of suddain scallets Ib. x 502.
Their armes, a crosse, … limbd like a scallet, trac'd with fleur du Luce
