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Flake :: Flake (v. i.) To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.

Squarroso-dentate :: Squarrose (a.) Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a shell..

Rascaless :: Rascaless (n.) A female rascal.

Desquamation :: Desquamation (n.) The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones..

Gunter''s Chain :: Gunter's chain () The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale..

Scaphocerite :: Scaphocerite (n.) A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antennae of many Crustacea.

Artichoke :: Artichoke (n.) The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food..

Desquamate :: Desquamate (v. i.) To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases..

Gamut :: Gamut (n.) The scale.

Descent :: Descent (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.

Scalene :: Scalene (a.) Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles.

Scurf :: Scurf (n.) Anything like flakes or scales adhering to a surface.

Effort :: Effort (n.) An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object; as, an effort to scale a wall..

Scale :: Scale (v. t.) To climb by a ladder, or as if by a ladder; to ascend by steps or by climbing; to clamber up; as, to scale the wall of a fort..

Temper :: Temper (v. t.) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use..

Sol :: Sol (n.) A syllable applied in solmization to the note G, or to the fifth tone of any diatonic scale..

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..

Naked :: Naked (a.) Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales..

Abaction :: Abaction (n.) Stealing cattle on a large scale.

Eidograph :: Eidograph (n.) An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of the pantograph.

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