scale armor

Armor composed of small plates of steel, ., partly overlapping each other like the scales of a fish. scale-backs, s. pl. Zool.: The family Aphroditide (q. v.). scale-beetle, s. The Tiger-beetle (q. v.). scale-board, s. 1. Ord. Lang.: A thin veneer of wood, used for covering the surface of wooden articles of furniture; as backing for pictures, looking-gla es, and very many other purposes. 2. Print .: A thin slip of wood, used for extending pages of type to the proper length, filling out matter, . Scale - board plane : Joinery: A plane for planing off wide chips, for fruit, hat, and bonnet boxes and other objects. It is a plane the width of the widest board to be scaled, is loaded with weights, and dragged or driven over the surface of the board or balk, the degree of protrusion of the plane-iron determining the thickne of the scale. A converse arrangement is that in which the plane is fixed and the board is driven past it. IMG:content-0980.png:[blocks in formation] Zool .: The family Aphroditidæ, spec. the genus Lep i do not us. [SCALE-BACKS.] scale (2), *schale, *scoale, *scole, *skale, subst. C. As substantive: with Icel. skál a bowl, the scale of a balance; Dan.skaal; Sw. skål a bowl, a cup; Dut.schaal= (1), s. (q. v.)] 1. The last boiling or bucking of cloth with white a scale, a bowl; Ger. schale . It is allied to scale soap after bleaching. 2. The soap itself.