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scaled


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scaled  \Scaled\,  a. 
  1.  Covered  with  scales,  or  scalelike  structures;  --  said  of  a 
  fish,  a  reptile,  a  moth,  etc 
 
  2.  Without  scales,  or  with  the  scales  removed;  as  scaled 
  herring. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.)  Having  feathers  which  in  form  color,  or 
  arrangement  somewhat  resemble  scales;  as  the  scaled  dove. 
 
  {Scaled  dove}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  American  dove  of  the  genus 
  {Scardafella}.  Its  colored  feather  tips  resemble  scales. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scaled 
  adj  1:  (zoology)  having  the  body  covered  or  partially  covered  with 
  thin  horny  plates,  as  some  fish  and  reptiles  [syn:  {scaly}, 
  {scaley}] 
  2:  used  of  armor;  having  overlapping  metal  splates  attached  to 
  a  leather  backing 




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