Etymograph

English

scalybutt

From scaly + butt.

A compound of scaly + butt

Middle English scali

English scaly

Old English byt ‘small piece of land’

Middle English but ‘goal, mark, butt of land’

English butt

Today it means

noun Synonym of exocortis.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “scalybutt”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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