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UNSCALE
Etymology
Verb
unscale (third-person singular simple present unscales, present participle unscaling, simple past and past participle unscaled)
(transitive) To divest of scales; to remove the scales from.
Anagrams
• Lucenas, auncels, censual, lacunes, launces, unlaces
Source: Wiktionary
Un*scale", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + scale.]
Definition: To divest of scales; to remove scales from. [An eagle] purging and unscaling her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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