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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCALE, n. [L. id. If the sense is to strip, it coincides with the Gr. to spoil.]
1. The dish of a balance; and hence, the balance itself, or whole instrument; as, to turn the scale.
Long time in even scale the battle hung.
But in general, we use the plural, scales, for the whole instrument.
The scales are turn'd; her kindness weights no more now than my vows.
2. The sign of the balance or Libra, in the zodiac.
3. The small shell or crust which composes a part of the covering of a fish; and hence, any thin layer or leaf exfoliated or separated; a thin lamin; as scales of iron or of bone.
The scales of fish consist of alternate layers of membrane and phosphate of lime. The scales of serpents are composed of a horny membrane, without the calcarious phosphate.
4. A ladder; series of steps; means of ascending. [L. scala.]
5. The art of storming a place by mounting the wall on ladders; an escalade, or scalade.
6. A mathematical instrument of wood or metal, on which are marked line and figures for the purpose of measuring distances, extent or proportions; as a plain scale; a diagonal scale.
7. Regular gradation; a series rising by steps or degrees like those of a ladder. Thus we speak of the scale of being, in which man occupies a higher rank than brutes, and angels a higher rank than man.
8. Any instrument, figure or scheme, graduated for the purpose of measuring extent or proportions as a map drawn by a scale of half an inch to a league.
9. In music, a gamut; a diagram; or a series of lines and spaces rising one above another, on which notes are placed; or a scale consists of the regular gradations of sounds. A scale may be limited to an octave, called by the Greeks a tetrachord, or it may extend to the compass of any voice or instrument.
10. Any thing graduated or marked with degrees at equal distances.
SCALE, v.t.
1. To climb, as by a ladder; to ascend by steps; and applied to the walls of a fortified place, to mount in assault or storm.
Oft have I scal'd the craggy oak.
2. [from scale, a balance.] To measure; to compare; to weight.
3. [from scale, the covering of a fish.] to strip or clear of scales; as, to scale a fish.
4. To take off in thin lamins or scales.
5. To pare off a surface.
If all the mountains were scaled, and the earth made even -
6. In the north of England, to spread, as manure or loose substances; also, to disperse; to waste.
7. In gunnery, to clean the inside of a cannon by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
SCALE, v.i. To separate and come off in thin layers or lamins.
The old shells of the lobster scale off.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an ordered reference standard; "judging on a scale of 1 to 10" [syn: scale, scale of measurement, graduated table, ordered series]
2: relative magnitude; "they entertained on a grand scale"
3: the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it; "the scale of the map"; "the scale of the model"
4: a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin [syn: scale, scale leaf]
5: a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin [syn: scale, scurf, exfoliation]
6: (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) [syn: scale, musical scale]
7: a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass [syn: scale, weighing machine]
8: an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
9: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) [syn: plate, scale, shell]
10: a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals v
1: measure by or as if by a scale; "This bike scales only 25 pounds"
2: pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
3: take by attacking with scaling ladders; "The troops scaled the walls of the fort"
4: reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc" [syn: scale, surmount]
5: climb up by means of a ladder
6: remove the scales from; "scale fish" [syn: scale, descale]
7: measure with or as if with scales; "scale the gold"
8: size or measure according to a scale; "This model must be scaled down"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English scole, scale bowl, scale of a balance, from Old Norse sk?l; akin to Old Norse skel shell — more at shell Date: 14th century 1. a. either pan or tray of a balance b. a beam that is supported freely in the center and has two pans of equal weight suspended from its ends — usually used in plural 2. an instrument or machine for weighing II. verb (scaled; scaling) Date: 1691 transitive verb to weigh in scales intransitive verb to have a specified weight on scales III. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French escale, eschale, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English scealu shell, husk — more at shell Date: 14th century 1. a. a small, flattened, rigid, and definitely circumscribed plate forming part of the external body covering especially of a fish b. a small thin plate suggesting a fish scale <scales of mica> <the scales on a moth's wing> c. the scaly covering of a scaled animal 2. a small thin dry lamina shed (as in many skin diseases) from the skin 3. a thin coating, layer, or incrustation: as a. a usually black scaly coating of oxide forming on the surface of a metal (as iron) when it is heated for processing b. a hard incrustation usually rich in sulfate of calcium that is deposited on the inside of a vessel (as a boiler) in which water is heated 4. a. a modified leaf protecting a seed plant bud before expansion b. a thin, membranous, chaffy, or woody bract 5. a. any of the small overlapping usually metal pieces forming the outer surface of scale armor b. scale armor 6. a. scale insect b. infestation with or disease caused by scale insects • scaled adjective • scaleless adjective IV. verb (scaled; scaling) Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to remove the scale or scales from (as by scraping) <scale a fish> 2. to take off in thin layers or scales <scale tartar from the teeth> 3. to throw (as a thin flat stone) so that the edge cuts the air or so that it skips on water ; skim intransitive verb 1. to separate and come off in scales ; flake 2. to shed scales <scaling skin> V. verb (scaled; scaling) Etymology: Middle English, from ⁶scale Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to attack with or take by means of scaling ladders <scale a castle wall> b. to climb up or reach by means of a ladder c. to reach the highest point of ; surmount <scale a mountain> 2. a. to arrange in a graduated series b. (1) to measure by or as if by a scale (2) to measure or estimate the sound content of (as logs) c. to pattern, make, regulate, set, or estimate according to some rate or standard ; adjust <a production schedule scaled to actual need> — often used with back, down, or up <scale down imports> intransitive verb 1. to climb by or as if by a ladder 2. to rise in a graduated series 3. measure VI. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin scala ladder, staircase, from Latin scalae, plural, stairs, rungs, ladder; akin to Latin scandere to climb — more at scan Date: 15th century 1. a. obsolete ladder b. archaic a means of ascent 2. a graduated series of musical tones ascending or descending in order of pitch according to a specified scheme of their intervals 3. something graduated especially when used as a measure or rule: as a. a series of marks or points at known intervals used to measure distances (as the height of the mercury in a thermometer) b. an indication of the relationship between the distances on a map and the corresponding actual distances c. ruler 3 4. a. a graduated series or scheme of rank or order <a scale of taxation> b. minimum wage 2 5. a. a proportion between two sets of dimensions (as between those of a drawing and its original) b. a distinctive relative size, extent, or degree <projects done on a large scale> 6. a graded series of tests or of performances used in rating individual intelligence or achievement • scale adjective VII. noun Etymology: ⁵scale Date: circa 1587 1. obsolete escalade 2. an estimate of the amount of sound lumber in logs or standing timber

Britannica Concise

Primary pitches of a key or mode arranged within an octave. Scales are distinguished by the pattern of the intervals between adjacent notes. A scale can be seen as an abstraction from melody--that is, the pitches of a melody arranged in stepwise order.

U.S. Military Dictionary

(*) The ratio or fraction between the distance on a map, chart, or photograph and the corresponding distance on the surface of the Earth. See also conversion scale; graphic scale; photographic scale; principal scale.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 each of the small thin bony or horny overlapping plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles. 2 something resembling a fish-scale, esp.: a a pod or husk. b a flake of skin; a scab. c a rudimentary leaf, feather, or bract. d each of the structures covering the wings of butterflies and moths. e Bot. a layer of a bulb. 3 a a flake formed on the surface of rusty iron. b a thick white deposit formed in a kettle, boiler, etc. by the action of heat on water. 4 plaque formed on teeth. --v. 1 tr. remove scale or scales from (fish, nuts, iron, etc.). 2 tr. remove plaque from (teeth) by scraping. 3 intr. a (of skin, metal, etc.) form, come off in, or drop, scales. b (usu. foll. by off) (of scales) come off. Phrases and idioms: scale-armour hist. armour formed of metal scales attached to leather etc. scale-board very thin wood used for the back of a mirror, picture, etc. scale-bug = scale insect. scale-fern any of various spleenworts, esp. Asplenium ceterach. scale insect any of various insects, esp. of the family Coccidae, clinging to plants and secreting a shieldlike scale as covering. scale-leaf a modified leaf resembling a scale. scale-moss a type of liverwort with scalelike leaves. scales fall from a person's eyes a person is no longer deceived (cf. Acts
9:18). scale-winged lepidopterous. scale-work an overlapping arrangement. Derivatives: scaled adj. (also in comb.). scaleless adj. scaler n. Etymology: ME f. OF escale f. Gmc, rel. to SCALE(2) 2. n. & v. --n. 1 a (often in pl.) a weighing machine or device (bathroom scales). b (also scale-pan) each of the dishes on a simple scale balance. 2 (the Scales) the zodiacal sign or constellation Libra. --v.tr. (of something weighed) show (a specified weight) in the scales. Phrases and idioms: pair of scales a simple balance. throw into the scale cause to be a factor in a contest, debate, etc. tip (or turn) the scales 1 (usu. foll. by at) outweigh the opposite scale-pan (at a specified weight); weigh. 2 (of a motive, circumstance, etc.) be decisive. Etymology: ME f. ON skál bowl f. Gmc 3. n. & v. --n. 1 a series of degrees; a graded classification system (pay fees according to a prescribed scale; high on the social scale; seven points on the Richter scale). 2 a (often attrib.) Geog. & Archit. a ratio of size in a map, model, picture, etc. (on a scale of one centimetre to the kilometre; a scale model). b relative dimensions or degree (generosity on a grand scale). 3 Mus. an arrangement of all the notes in any system of music in ascending or descending order (chromatic scale; major scale). 4 a a set of marks on a line used in measuring, reducing, enlarging, etc. b a rule determining the distances between these. c a piece of metal, apparatus, etc. on which these are marked. 5 (in full scale of notation) Math. the ratio between units in a numerical system (decimal scale). --v. 1 tr. a (also absol.) climb (a wall, height, etc.) esp. with a ladder. b climb (the social scale, heights of ambition, etc.). 2 tr. represent in proportional dimensions; reduce to a common scale. 3 intr. (of quantities etc.) have a common scale; be commensurable. Phrases and idioms: economies of scale proportionate savings gained by using larger quantities. in scale (of drawing etc.) in proportion to the surroundings etc. play (or sing) scales Mus. perform the notes of a scale as an exercise for the fingers or voice. scale down make smaller in proportion; reduce in size. scale up make larger in proportion; increase in size. scaling-ladder hist. a ladder used to climb esp. fortress walls, esp. to break a siege. to scale with a uniform reduction or enlargement. Derivatives: scaler n. Etymology: (n.) ME (= ladder): (v.) ME f. OF escaler or med.L scalare f. L scala f. scandere climb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Micrometer Mi*crom"e*ter, n. [Micro- + -meter: cf. F. microm[`e]tre.] An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of objects which subtend minute angles. The measurement given directly is that of the image of the object formed at the focus of the object glass. Circular, or Ring, micrometer, a metallic ring fixed in the focus of the object glass of a telescope, and used to determine differences of right ascension and declination between stars by observations of the times at which the stars cross the inner or outer periphery of the ring. Double image micrometer, a micrometer in which two images of an object are formed in the field, usually by the two halves of a bisected lens which are movable along their line of section by a screw, and distances are determined by the number of screw revolutions necessary to bring the points to be measured into optical coincidence. When the two images are formed by a bisected object glass, it is called a divided-object-glass micrometer, and when the instrument is large and equatorially mounted, it is known as a heliometer. Double refraction micrometer, a species of double image micrometer, in which the two images are formed by the double refraction of rock crystal. Filar, or Bifilar, micrometer. See under Bifilar. Micrometer caliper or gauge (Mech.), a caliper or gauge with a micrometer screw, for measuring dimensions with great accuracy. Micrometer head, the head of a micrometer screw. Micrometer microscope, a compound microscope combined with a filar micrometer, used chiefly for reading and subdividing the divisions of large astronomical and geodetical instruments. Micrometer screw, a screw with a graduated head used in some forms of micrometers. Position micrometer. See under Position. Scale, or Linear, micrometer, a minute and very delicately graduated scale of equal parts used in the field of a telescope or microscope, for measuring distances by direct comparison.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scale Scale, v. t. 1. To strip or clear of scale or scales; as, to scale a fish; to scale the inside of a boiler. 2. To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface. ``If all the mountains were scaled, and the earth made even.'' --T. Burnet. 3. To scatter; to spread. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] 4. (Gun.) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder. --Totten.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scale Scale (sk[=a]l), n. [AS. sc[=a]le; perhaps influenced by the kindred Icel. sk[=a]l balance, dish, akin also to D. schaal a scale, bowl, shell, G. schale, OHG. sc[=a]la, Dan. skaal drinking cup, bowl, dish, and perh. to E. scale of a fish. Cf. Scale of a fish, Skull the brain case.] 1. The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument or apparatus for weighing. Also used figuratively. Long time in even scale The battle hung. --Milton. The scales are turned; her kindness weighs no more Now than my vows. --Waller. 2. pl. (Astron.) The sign or constellation Libra. Platform scale. See under Platform.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scale Scale, v. i. 1. To separate and come off in thin layers or lamin[ae]; as, some sandstone scales by exposure. Those that cast their shell are the lobster and crab; the old skins are found, but the old shells never; so it is likely that they scale off. --Bacon. 2. To separate; to scatter. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scale Scale, n. [L. scalae, pl., scala staircase, ladder; akin to scandere to climb. See Scan; cf. Escalade.] 1. A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending. [Obs.] 2. Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals. Specifically: (a) A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale. (b) A series of spaces marked by lines, and representing proportionately larger distances; as, a scale of miles, yards, feet, etc., for a map or plan. (c) A basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale; the binary scale, etc. (d) (Mus.) The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor. 3. Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order; as, a scale of being. There is a certain scale of duties . . . which for want of studying in right order, all the world is in confusion. --Milton. 4. Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts; size or degree of the parts or components in any complex thing, compared with other like things; especially, the relative proportion of the linear dimensions of the parts of a drawing, map, model, etc., to the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the object that is represented; as, a map on a scale of an inch to a mile. Scale of chords, a graduated scale on which are given the lengths of the chords of arcs from 0[deg] to 90[deg] in a circle of given radius, -- used in measuring given angles and in plotting angles of given numbers of degrees.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scale Scale, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaling.] To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also, to grade or vary according to a scale or system. Scaling his present bearing with his past. --Shak. To scale, or scale down, a debt, wages, etc., to reduce a debt, etc., according to a fixed ratio or scale. [U.S.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scale Scale, n. [Cf. AS. scealu, scalu, a shell, parings; akin to D. schaal, G. schale, OHG. scala, Dan. & Sw. skal a shell, Dan. ski[ae]l a fish scale, Goth. skalja tile, and E. shale, shell, and perhaps also to scale of a balance; but perhaps rather fr. OF. escale, escaile, F. ['e]caille scale of a fish, and ['e]cale shell of beans, pease, eggs, nuts, of German origin, and akin to Goth. skalja, G. schale. See Shale.] 1. (Anat.) One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid, Ctenoid, and Ganoid. Fish that, with their fins and shining scales, Glide under the green wave. --Milton. 2. Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material, resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as, a scale of iron, of bone, etc. 3. (Zo["o]l.) One of the small scalelike structures covering parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of certain annelids. See Lepidoptera. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A scale insect. (See below.) 5. (Bot.) A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems of ferns. 6. The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife. See Illust. of Pocketknife. 7. An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which water is heated, as a steam boiler. 8. (Metal.) The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide, Fe3O4. Also, a similar coating upon other metals. Covering scale (Zo["o]l.), a hydrophyllium. Ganoid scale. (Zo["o]l.) See under Ganoid. Scale armor (Mil.), armor made of small metallic scales overlapping, and fastened upon leather or cloth. Scale beetle (Zo["o]l.), the tiger beetle. Scale carp (Zo["o]l.), a carp having normal scales. Scale insect (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of small hemipterous insects belonging to the family Coccid[ae], in which the females, when adult, become more or less scalelike in form. They are found upon the leaves and twigs of various trees and shrubs, and often do great damage to fruit trees. See Orange scale,under Orange. Scale moss (Bot.), any leafy-stemmed moss of the order Hepatic[ae]; -- so called from the small imbricated scalelike leaves of most of the species. See Hepatica, 2, and Jungermannia.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scale Scale, v. t. [Cf. It. scalare, fr. L. scalae, scala. See Scale a ladder.] To climb by a ladder, or as if by a ladder; to ascend by steps or by climbing; to clamber up; as, to scale the wall of a fort. Oft have I scaled the craggy oak. --Spenser.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scale Scale, v. i. To lead up by steps; to ascend. [Obs.] Satan from hence, now on the lower stair, That scaled by steps of gold to heaven-gate, Looks down with wonder. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sexagenary Sex*ag"e*na*ry, a. [L. sexagenarius, fr. sexageni sixty each, akin to sexaginta sixty, sex six: cf. sexag['e]naire. See Six.] Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old. Sexagenary arithmetic. See under Sexagesimal. Sexagenary, or Sexagesimal, scale (Math.), a scale of numbers in which the modulus is sixty. It is used in treating the divisions of the circle.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Diminish Di*min"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diminished; p. pr. & vb. n. Diminishing.] [Pref. di- (= L. dis-) + minish: cf. L. diminuere, F. diminuer, OE. diminuen. See Dis-, and Minish.] 1. To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase. Not diminish, but rather increase, the debt. --Barrow. 2. To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken. This doth nothing diminish their opinion. --Robynson (More's Utopia). I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. --Ezek. xxix. 15. O thou . . . at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads. --Milton. 3. (Mus.) To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh. 4. To take away; to subtract. Neither shall ye diminish aught from it. --Deut. iv. 2. Diminished column, one whose upper diameter is less than the lower. Diminished, or Diminishing, scale, a scale of gradation used in finding the different points for drawing the spiral curve of the volute. --Gwilt. Diminishing rule (Arch.), a board cut with a concave edge, for fixing the entasis and curvature of a shaft. Diminishing stile (Arch.), a stile which is narrower in one part than in another, as in many glazed doors. Syn: To decrease; lessen; abate; reduce; contract; curtail; impair; degrade. See Decrease.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(scales, scaling, scaled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you refer to the scale of something, you are referring to its size or extent, especially when it is very big. However, he underestimates the scale of the problem... The break-down of law and order could result in killing on a massive scale... N-SING: also no det, with supp see also full-scale, large-scale, small-scale 2. A scale is a set of levels or numbers which are used in a particular system of measuring things or are used when comparing things. ...an earthquake measuring five-point-five on the Richter scale... The higher up the social scale they are, the more the men have to lose. N-COUNT: usu with supp see also sliding scale, timescale 3. A pay scale or scale of fees is a list that shows how much someone should be paid, depending, for example, on their age or what work they do. (BRIT) ...those on the high end of the pay scale... N-COUNT: usu with supp 4. The scale of a map, plan, or model is the relationship between the size of something in the map, plan, or model and its size in the real world. The map, on a scale of
1:10,000, shows over 5,000 individual paths. N-COUNT: usu with supp see also full-scale, large-scale 5. A scale model or scale replica of a building or object is a model of it which is smaller than the real thing but has all the same parts and features. Franklin made his mother an intricately detailed scale model of the house. ADJ: ADJ n 6. In music, a scale is a fixed sequence of musical notes, each one higher than the next, which begins at a particular note. ...the scale of C major. N-COUNT 7. The scales of a fish or reptile are the small, flat pieces of hard skin that cover its body. N-COUNT: usu pl 8. Scales are a piece of equipment used for weighing things, for example for weighing amounts of food that you need in order to make a particular meal. ...a pair of kitchen scales. ...bathroom scales... N-PLURAL: also a pair of N 9. If you scale something such as a mountain or a wall, you climb up it or over it. (WRITTEN) ...Rebecca Stephens, the first British woman to scale Everest... = climb VERB: V n 10. If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them. The tower was surmounted by an enormous statue, utterly out of scale with the building. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR, oft PHR with n 11. If the different parts of a map, drawing, or model are to scale, they are the right size in relation to each other. ...a miniature garden, with little pagodas and bridges all to scale. PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

skal.

See SIEGE 4, (e); WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Dish (of a balance). 2. Balance. 3. Gradation, progressive series. 4. Lamina, layer, flake, plate, lamella. II. v. a. Climb, ascend, escalade, mount, clamber up.

Moby Thesaurus

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