Obs. [Of obscure origin.]
1. Of cloth: Defective (in some specific manner).
1552. Act 5–6 Edw. VI., c. 6 § 19. Any Clothe whiche shalbe cockley, pursey, bandy, squally, rewy,… evill burled [etc.].
1601. Act 43 Eliz., c. 10 § 1. The same Clothes being put in Water, are found to shrink, be rewey, pursey, squally, cockling, bandy, light, and notably faulty.
2. (See quot.)
1787. W. H. Marshall, Norfolk, Gloss. s.v. Squally, A crop of turneps, or of corn, which is broken by vacant unproductive patches, is said to be squally.
