scald head

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scald head - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Scald \Scald\, a. [For scalled. See Scall.]
     1. Affected with the scab; scabby. --Shak.
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     2. Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     Scald crow (Zool.), the hooded crow. [Ireland]
  
     Scald head (Med.), a name popularly given to several
        diseases of the scalp characterized by pustules (the dried
        discharge of which forms scales) and by falling out of the
        hair.
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