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Laminate :: Laminate (a.) Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated..

Intonation :: Intonation (n.) The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.

Scale :: Scale (v. t.) To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also, to grade or vary according to a scale or system..

Cinder :: Cinder (n.) A scale thrown off in forging metal.

Gazogene :: Gazogene (n.) A portable apparatus for making soda water or aerated liquids on a small scale.

Scale :: Scale (n.) One of the small scalelike structures covering parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of certain annelids. See Lepidoptera..

Scabrous :: Scabrous (a.) Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly..

Scale :: Scale (v. i.) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae; as, some sandstone scales by exposure..

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

Penguin :: Penguin (n.) Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass..

Preocular :: Preocular (n.) One of the scales just in front of the eye of a reptile or fish.

Reptilia :: Reptilia (n. pl.) A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds..

Tarpum :: Tarpum (n.) A very large marine fish (Megapolis Atlanticus) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or more feet in length, and has large silvery scales. The scales are a staple article of trade, and are used in fancywork. Called also tarpon, sabalo, savanilla, silverfish, and jewfish..

Alamire :: Alamire (n.) The lowest note but one in Guido Aretino's scale of music.

Chromatic :: Chromatic (a.) Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale..

Ramenta :: Ramenta (n. pl.) Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns..

Low :: Low (superl.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note..

Scaly-winged :: Scaly-winged (a.) Scale-winged.

Lamina :: Lamina (n.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather..

Beam :: Beam (n.) The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended..

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