scaled
 (a.)將瓦片排成鱗狀的;有鱗的


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 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 a debt, wages, etc. or To scale down a debt, wages, etc., to reduce a debt, etc., according to a fixed ratio or scale. [U.S.]


 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. Zool. Having feathers which in form, color, or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the scaled dove.
 Scaled dove Zool., any American dove of the genus Scardafella. Its colored feather tips resemble scales.

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 scaled
      adj 1: having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny
             plates, as some fish and reptiles [syn: scaly, scaley]
      2: used of armor; having overlapping metal splates attached to
         a leather backing