单词 | to be scaled |
释义 | > as lemmasto be scaled a. To remove as scale; to take off or away in scales. Also, to separate into layers. to be scaled: to have the surface removed in scales or flakes. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > become uncovered [verb (intransitive)] > be lost as an outer layer > lose outer layer scale1529 to be scaleda1552 peel1640 exfoliate1676 exsquamate1684 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of outer layer > strip in scales scalea1552 beflake1652 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > arrange in layers [verb (transitive)] > separate into layers laminate1668 scale1668 a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1710) I. 80 They be sore woren and scalid with Wether. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1187 This aire..forceth out of it a deale of rust, and skaleth as it were much terrestrial substance from it. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rugine, the Instrument wherewith a Surgeon scaleth bones. 1611 Bible (King James) Tobit iii. 17 To scale away the whitenesse of Tobits eyes. View more context for this quotation 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 75 The Stones of the outside so scaled, as if the Fire was greedy to eat out all firmness in them. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iii. viii. 146 It may be scaled into four plates. 1753 J. Bartlet Gentleman's Farriery xxxv. 272 Taking care that it does not penetrate too deep, so as to scale off the thin bone. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 6 If the external coat be scaled off. 1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 161/1 The stones being..scaled by frost. < as lemmas |
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