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as or for an illustration, eg or US e.g.: Take any novel, say,
Wuthering Heights, and analyse the characters.
say-so n. authority, word, say, order, dictum; authorization: I
shouldn't do it just on his say-so if I were you.
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scale° n. Often, scales. balance: We need new bathroom scales: the
old one gives too high a reading.
scaleý n. 1 flake, imbrication; scurf, dandruff; Technical squama,
plate, scute or scutum, lamina, lamella: Scrape the scales off
the fish with a sharp knife before gutting it. 2 coating,
encrustation or incrustation, crust, overlay, layer, cake,
caking, tartar, plaque: The hardness of the water causes the
scale inside the kettle.
scale° n. 1 range, compass, rank, ranking, gradation, graduation,
register, spectrum, calibration, progression, hierarchy, scope,
gamut: As we ascend in the scale of life we rise in the scale
of longevity. 2 proportion, ratio: The scale of these drawings
is One Foot = One Centimetre.
--v. 3 climb, ascend, mount, clamber up, surmount, go up,
escalade: Using grappling hooks and ropes, we scaled the wall
in minutes. 4 regulate, adjust, proportion, Chiefly US and
Canadian prorate: The size of the cable is scaled to the weight
it must carry. 5 scale up or down. increase, enlarge, raise;
decrease, reduce, diminish, lower: Depending on the expanse of
the fa‡ade, the windows ought to be scaled up or down
accordingly.
scaly adj. 1 rough, imbricated, shingly, Technical lamellar, laminar,
lamellate, scutate: The scaly covering of reptiles and fishes
is related to the feathers of birds. 2 scabby, scabrous,
squamous, squamulose, squamosal, squamose, scurfy, furfuraceous,
scruffy: The medication causes the skin to dry and become
temporarily scaly.
scan v. 1 glance at or through, look over, skim, read over, flip or