scale2 (skal)

[Early mod. E. also scole; A ba yn, a bolle, other a scole. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 1145. 2. The bowl or dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself, or the whole instrument: as, to turn the scale: generally used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument. They buy and sell not with golde, but siluer, and that not coined, but euery one hath his scoles with him to the Market to weigh his siluer. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 438. I am one of those indifferent Men that would have the Scales of Power in Europe kept even. Howell, Letters, ii. 43. IMG:content-0214.png:[blocks in formation] 3. pl. [ cap.] The sign of the Balance, or Libra, in the zodiac. - Beam and scales, a balance. - Even scales, scales in which the beam is suspended at the midpoint of its length, so that the poise and the object balanced must be of the same weight.-Pig-metal scales. See pig - metal. - Registering scale, a weighing-scale in which pre ure on a stud causes the weight of the object in the scale to be recorded on a card. E. H. Knight. (See also platform -scale.) scale2 (skal), v. t. [ Scaling his present bearing with his past, That he's your fixed enemy. Shak ., Cor., ii. 3. 257. "Well," says old Bitters, "I expect I can scale a fair load of wood with e'er a man." Lowell , Fitz Adam's Story. 5369 2. To weigh; have a weight of: as, the fish scaled seven pounds. [Colloq.] -3. To make of the proper or exact weight: as, a scaled pottle of wine. [Colloq. or trade use.] It is kneaded, allowed to stand an hour, and scaled into loaves, and baked, the oven being at 400° Fah. to 450° Fah. Sci . Amer ., N. S., LXII. 140. Scaled herring, a smoked herring of the best quality. It must be 7 inches long, and fat. - Scaling off, in bread making, the proce of cutting off ma es of dough and bringing them to proper weight.