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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Scale \Scale\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scaled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scaling.]
To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also,
to grade or vary according to a scale or system.
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Scaling his present bearing with his past. --Shak.
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To scale a debt, wages, etc. or To scale down a debt,
wages, etc., to reduce a debt, etc., according to a fixed
ratio or scale. [U.S.]
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