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alance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument or apparatus for weighing. Also used figuratively. Long time in even scale The battle hung. Milton. The scales are turned; her kindness weighs no more Now t…

Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the lepidoptera; scaly-winged.

us species of marine annelids of the family Polynoidæ, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. See Illust. under Chætopoda.

The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied.

eer of leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of firniture, and the like. Scaleboard plane, a plane for cutting from a board a wide shaving forming a scaleboard.

Covered with scales, or scalelike structures; -- said of a fish, a reptile, a moth, etc.

Destitute of scales.

Designating several triangular muscles called scalene muscles.

Of or pertaining to a scalenohedron.

A pyramidal form under the rhombohedral system, inclosed by twelve faces, each a scalene triangle.

One who, or that which, scales; specifically, a dentist's instrument for removing tartar from the teeth.

A scale of wind force devised by Sir F. Beaufort, R. N., in 1805, in which the force is indicated by numbers from 0 to 12.

A hydrometer scale on which the zero point corresponds to sp. gr. 1.00, and the 30º-point to sp. gr. 0.85. From these points the scale is extended both ways, all the degrees being of equal length.

Counterbalance; balance, as of one scale against another. [Obs.] Howell.

To cover with scales.

A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581-1626), a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, who invented also Gunter's chain, and Gunter's quadrant.

Impervious to heat; adiathermic.

An old name for mosses in the widest sense, including the true mosses and also hepaticæ and sphagna.

A female rascal. [Humorous]

A very destructive scale insect (Aspidiotus perniciosus) that infests the apple, pear, and other fruit trees. So called because first introduced into the United States at San José, California.