·adj Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera; scaly-winged.
·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
·adj Swift; rapid. II. Winged ·adj Wounded or hurt in the wing. III. Winged ·adj Fanned with wings...
·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...
, 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...
·adj Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an <<Eagle>>. ...
·adj Beady for flight; eager. II. Full-winged ·adj Having large and strong or complete wings. ...
·adj Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; — said of ba...
·adj Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace-winged flies. ...
·adj Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting. ...
·adj Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; — said of certain bats of t...
·adj Scale-winged. ...
·adj Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle. ...
·adj Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. ...
·add. ·- A very destructive scale insect (Aspidiotus perniciosus) that infests the apple, pear, and ...