scaffold, n. staging, scaffolding; gallows.
scalawag, n. (Slang) [scamp], [rascal], [rogue], [scapegrace], miscreant, [scoundrel], [villain], caitiff, varlet.
scale, n. [flake], lamina, leprosity, lamella, squama, incrustation.
scale, n. (Mus.) gamut, sol-fa. Associated words: diatonic, chromatic, [tonic].
scale, n. (Bot.) squamula, lodicule; fulcrum.
scale, v. exfoliate, desquamate; [climb], ascend, [mount], clamber, escalade.
scales, n. pl. [balance]; steelyards, Roman [balance].
scalloped, a. pinked; crenate, crenated (Bot.).
scaly, a. flaky, squamose, leprose, squamoid, [scurvy]; (Low) [mean], [low], [contemptible], [scurvy], [despicable].
scamble, v. sprawl, wabble, shamble; [scramble], jostle.