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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1633
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Scalyness, n. [17th c. Eng. scalinesse (Cotgrave); Scaly adj.] —1633 (1711) Sibbald's Orkn. & Shetl. 53 (see Scal(l n.).