Scagl"ia (?), n. [It. scaglia a scale, a shell, a chip of marble.] A
reddish variety of limestone.
Scagl*io"la (?), n. [It. scagliuola, dim. of scaglia. See Scaglia.] An
imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a
substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of
which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar,
granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished.
||Sca"la (?), n.; pl. Scalæ (#). [L., a ladder.] 1. (Surg.) A machine
||formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.
2. (Anat.) A term applied to any one of the three canals of the
cochlea.
Scal"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being scaled.
{ Sca*lade" (?), Sca*la"do (?) }, n. (Mil.) See Escalade. Fairfax.
Sca"lar (?), n. (Math.) In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has
magnitude, but not direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has
both magnitude and direction.
||Sca*la"ri*a (?), n. [L., flight of steps.] (Zoöl.) Any one of
||numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or
||family Scalaridæ, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with
||rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is
||generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap.
||See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap.
Sca*lar"i*form (?), a. [L. scalare, scalaria, staircase, ladder +
-form: cf. F. scalariforme.] 1. Resembling a ladder in form or
appearance; having transverse bars or markings like the rounds of a
ladder; as, the scalariform cells and scalariform pits in some plants.