Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish. 2. (a.) Resembling scales, laminae, or layers. 3. (a.) Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow. 4. (a.) Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem.

Multi-Version Concordance Scaly (1 Occurrence) Leviticus 13:31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and there be no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days. (See NAS)