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• Scales of the Serpent — infobox Book name = Scales of the Serpent title orig = translator = image caption = author = Richard A. Knaak illustrator = cover artist = Gleen Rane country = language = English series = genre = Fantasy novel publisher = Pocket Books release… …   Wikipedia

• scales — n. balance, device used for weighing; thin skin flakes or plates comprising the body covering of some animals (such as fish and reptiles) skeɪl n. progression of steps; table of graduated rates; system of marks used for measuring; flake; one of… …   English contemporary dictionary

• remove the scales from one's eyes — open one s eyes, become sober …   English contemporary dictionary

• scale fish — remove scales from fish …   English contemporary dictionary

• scale — scale1 scaleless, adj. scalelike, adj. /skayl/, n., v., scaled, scaling. n. 1. Zool. a. one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins. b. one of the hard, b …   Universalium

• scale — I [[t]skeɪl[/t]] n. v. scaled, scal•ing 1) a) one of the thin flat horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins b) one of the hard bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the… …   From formal English to slang

• scale — I UK [skeɪl] / US noun Word forms scale : singular scale plural scales *** 1) a) [singular/uncountable] the size of something, especially when it is big scale of: Is the Government aware of the full scale of the problem? on a… …   English dictionary

• scale — scale1 [ skeıl ] noun *** ▸ 1 size/degree/level/rate ▸ 2 arranged set ▸ 3 relationship of distance ▸ 4 for weighing ▸ 5 series of musical notes ▸ 6 hard flat piece of skin ▸ 7 substance on pipes ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) singular or uncount the size of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• scale — 1) a small, stiff, typically plate like body in the skin of fishes, serving to protect, colour, and support the body. May be modified into spines, tubercles, bony plates, an exoskeleton, reduced or even lost. Phylogenetically absent in Amphioxi… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• Unscale — Un*scale , v. t. [1st pref. un + scale.] To divest of scales; to remove scales from. [1913 Webster] [An eagle] purging and unscaling her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• desquamate — desquamation, n. /des kweuh mayt /, v.i., desquamated, desquamating. Pathol. to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off. [1720 30; < L desquamatus (ptp. of desquamare to remove scales from). See DE , SQUAMATE] * * * …   Universalium