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English Dictionary: Scaled by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scaled
adj
  1. having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles
    Synonym(s): scaly, scaley, scaled
  2. (used of armor) having overlapping metal plates attached to a leather backing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scale \Scale\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scaled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Scaling}.]
      To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also,
      to grade or vary according to a scale or system.
  
               Scaling his present bearing with his past. --Shak.
  
      {To} {scale, [or] scale down}, {a debt, wages, etc.}, to
            reduce a debt, etc., according to a fixed ratio or scale.
            [U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scaled \Scaled\, a.
      1. Covered with scales, or scalelike structures; -- said of a
            fish, a reptile, a moth, etc.
  
      2. Without scales, or with the scales removed; as, scaled
            herring.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) Having feathers which in form, color, or
            arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the scaled dove.
  
      {Scaled dove} (Zo[94]l.), any American dove of the genus
            {Scardafella}. Its colored feather tips resemble scales.
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