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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