Obs. rare. Also 7 squamm. [ad. L. squāma: see next and cf. SQUAME.] A scale.
1661. Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., 12. Therefore burnt, together with the floures, rust, and squamms it’s kept by apothecaries to dry and bind.
1729. Evelyn’s Sylva, II. iii. 118. The Kernels and Nuts, which may be gotten out of their … Cones, clogs, and squams by exposing them to the sun.
