branny
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As the rash subsides the skin is left rough, and by degrees scales off, often in large flakes from the hands and feet, but elsewhere in a sort of branny scales.
From The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases by Charles West
Red and brown are tints only found in flours of low grade, because they are sure proofs of an undue proportion of branny or fibrous particles.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
The scales may be fine and branny or as is most common, the skin peels in large particles.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
This is the cause of the dry, white, branny scales, called “scurf,” or “dandruff,” upon the head.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
Herpes consists of gregarious spreading excoriations, which are succeeded by branny scales or scabs.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
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