2. A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard.
SCALEBOARD
Scale"board` (; commonly , n. Etym: [3d scale + board.]
1. (Print.)
Defn: A thin slip of wood used to justify a page. [Obs.] Crabb.
2. A thin veneer of leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of firniture, and the like. Scaleboard plane, a plane for cutting from a board a wide shaving forming a scaleboard.
SCALED
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. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having feathers which in form, color, or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the scaled dove. Scaled dove (Zoöl.), any American dove of the genus Scardafella. Its colored feather tips resemble scales.