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  1. scale
    [skāl]
    noun
    scale (noun)
    scales (plural noun)
    1. each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another.
      • a thick, dry flake of skin.
        Similar:
        furfur
        • a flaky covering or deposit.
          verb
          scale (verb)
          scales (third person present)
          scaled (past tense)
          scaled (past participle)
          scaling (present participle)
          1. remove scale or scales from:
            "he scales the fish and removes the innards"
            • (especially of the skin) form scales:
              "the skin may scale and peel away with itching, stinging, or burning sensations in the infected area"
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              Origin
              Middle English: shortening of Old French escale, from the Germanic base of scale.
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