·add. ·- A hydrometer scale on which the zero point corresponds to ·sp.gr. 1.00, and the 30°-point to ·sp.gr. 0.85. From these points the scale is extended both ways, all the degrees being of equal length.
·noun A scale insect. (·see below.). II. Scale ·noun The sign or constellation Libra. III. Scale ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An old word for commercial emporium, derived from scala. Also, the graduated divisions by which the ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
South out of Royal Mint Street, west of No. 19 (Hatton, 17-8-O.S. 1880), near the west end. "Neck's...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
·add. ·- A scale of wind force devised by Sir F. Beaufort, R. N., in 1805, in which the force is ind...
·- 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 ...
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 ...