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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Scāl'y, a.

adjective

a. [From scale.] 1. Covered or abounding with scales; rough; as, a scaly fish. “The scaly crocodile.” Milton.

  1. Resembling scales, laminæ, or layers.
  2. Mean; scabby; as, a scaly fellow. See SCALL. [Colloq. and vulgar.]
  3. (Bot.) Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem.