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ht by the reflection of light; as, shining armor. "Fish . . . with their fins and shining scales." Milton.

A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking.

, in solmization, to the note B; more recently, to the seventh tone of any major diatonic scale. It was added to Guido's scale by Le Maire about the end of the 17th century.

Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals. Calcareous sinter, a loose banded variety of calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine. -- Ceraunian sinter, fulgurite. -- Siliceous sinter, a light cellular or fibrous…

The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.

To scale; to mount. [Obs.]

Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family Scincidæ, common in the warmer parts of all the continents.

hich the strata have undergone. -- Slaty gneiss (Min.), a variety of gneiss in which the scales of mica or crystals of hornblende, which are usually minute, form thin laminæ, rendering the rock easily cleavable.

for the mechanical performance of addition and subtraction, and, by means of logarithmic scales, of multiplication and division. -- Slide valve. (a) Any valve which opens and closes a passageway by sliding over a port. (b) A particular kind of sliding valve, often used in steam engines for admitting steam to the pist…

Note under Pair, n., 7. -- Sliding rule. Same as Slide rule, under Slide, n. -- Sliding scale. (a) A scale for raising or lowering imposts in proportion to the fall or rise of prices. (b) A variable scale of wages or of prices. (c) A slide rule. -- Sliding ways (Naut.), the timber guides used in launching a vessel.…

The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head. Dr. Prior. Snake's-head iris (Bot.), an iridaceous plant (Hermodactylus tuberosus) of the Mediterranean region. The flowers slightly resemble a serpent's open mouth.

An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.

A syllable applied in solmization to the note G, or to the fifth tone of any diatonic scale.

The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n.

The system of arranging the scale by the names do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, by which singing is taught; a singing exercise upon these syllables.

ded into different lengths at pleasure by a bridge, the place of which is determined by a scale on the face of the box.

A large and powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean.

A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.

A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins.

A scale. [Obs.] "iron squames." Chaucer.