An old word for commercial emporium, derived from scala. Also, the graduated divisions by which the proportions of a chart or plan are regulated. Also, the common measures of the sheer-draught, &c. (See gunter's line.)
·noun A scale insect. (·see below.). II. Scale ·noun The sign or constellation Libra. III. Scale ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·- A scale of wind force devised by Sir F. Beaufort, R. N., in 1805, in which the force is ind...
·add. ·- A hydrometer scale on which the zero point corresponds to ·sp.gr. 1.00, and the 30°-point t...
·- A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581-1626), a professor of astronomy at Gresham Colle...
·adj Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera; scaly-winged. ...
, or vernier That fixed to the oblong opening near the lower end of the index-bar of a sextant or ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A simple graduation, adopted by Sir Philip Broke in the Shannon, for the quick elevation or depressi...
Fitted to the breech of a gun for admeasuring its elevation; it is a sliding pillar marked with degr...
·add. ·- A very destructive scale insect (Aspidiotus perniciosus) that infests the apple, pear, and ...