scale (2)

1. [SCALE (2), 8. ] 1. To weigh, as in scales; to ascertain or measure the weight of; hence, to measure, to compare, to estimate. " Scaling his present bearing with his past." Shakesp.: Coriolanus, ii. 3. IMG:content-0985.png:[blocks in formation] That scal'd by steps of God to heav'n gate." Milton: P. L., iii. 541. scaled, *skāled, adj . [Eng. scale (1), s.; -ed.] Covered with scales; having scales, as a fish; scaly. ( P. Holland : Pliny , bk. ix., ch. xii.)