dry scall

  • 1Scall — Scall, n. [Icel. skalli a bald head. Cf. {Scald}, a.] A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp. [1913 Webster] It is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head. Lev. xiii. 30. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Leviticus 13 — 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest,… …

    The King James version of the Bible

  • 3LEPROSY — The term ẓaraʿat is traditionally rendered leprosy because of its translation by Greek lepra (LXX, New Testament, and Josephus). The Greek covers a wide range of diseases that produced scales. Greek lepra may have included true leprosy, i.e.,… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism