Found 3 hits - Term: scaled, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
scaling his present bearing with his past. --shak.
1913 webster
to scale a debt, wages, etc. or to scale down a debt,
wages, etc., to reduce a debt, etc., according to a fixed
ratio or scale. u.s.
1913 webster
see also:
scaled scaling to scale a debt, wages, etc. to scale down a debt, wages, etc.
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
scaled \scaled\, a.
1. covered with scales, or scalelike structures; -- said of a
fish, a reptile, a moth, etc.
1913 webster
2. without scales, or with the scales removed; as, scaled
herring.
1913 webster
3. zool. having feathers which in form, color, or
arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the scaled dove.
1913 webster
scaled dove zool., any american dove of the genus
scardafella. its colored feather tips resemble scales.
1913 webster
see also:
scaled dove scardafella
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
scaled
adj 1: 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
see also:
scaly scaley
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