3. (Zoöl.) 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.
Scale"less (?), a. Destitute of scales.
Sca*lene" (?), a. [L. scalenus, Gr. &?;: cf. F. scalène.] 1. (Geom.)
(a) Having the sides and angles unequal; -- said of a triangle. (b)
Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone.
2. (Anat.) (a) Designating several triangular muscles called scalene
muscles. (b) Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles.
Scalene muscles (Anat.), a group of muscles, usually three on each side
in man, extending from the cervical vertebræ to the first and second
ribs.
Sca*lene", n. (Geom.) A triangle having its sides and angles unequal.
Sca*le`no*he"dral (sk*l`n*h"dral), a. (Crystallog.) Of or pertaining to
a scalenohedron.
Sca*le`no*he"dron (-drn), n. [Gr. skalhno`s uneven + "e`dra seat,
base.] (Crystallog.) A pyramidal form under the rhombohedral system,
inclosed by twelve faces, each a scalene triangle.
Scal"er (?), n. One who, or that which, scales; specifically, a
dentist's instrument for removing tartar from the teeth.
Scale"-winged` (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having the wings covered with small
scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera; scaly-winged.
Scal"i*ness (?), n. The state of being scaly; roughness.
Scal"ing (skl"ng), a. 1. Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish;
as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior
of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc.
2. Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in
assaulting a fortified place.
Scal*io"la (?), n. Same as Scagliola.
Scall (?), n. [Icel. skalli a bald head. Cf. Scald, a.] A scurf or
scabby disease, especially of the scalp.
It is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head.
Lev. xiii. 30.
Scall, a. Scabby; scurfy. [Obs.] Shak.
Scalled (?), a. Scabby; scurfy; scall. [Obs.] "With scalled brows
black." Chaucer.
Scalled head. (Med.) See Scald head, under Scald, a.
Scal"lion (?), n. [OF. escalone, eschaloingne, L. caepa Ascalonia onion
of Ascalon; caepa onion + Ascalonius of Ascalon, fr. Ascalo Ascalon, a
town in Palestine. Cf. Shallot.] 1. (Bot.) A kind of small onion
(Allium Ascalonicum), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.
2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem
like a leek. Amer. Cyc.
Scal"lop (?; 277), n. [OF. escalope a shell, probably of German or
Dutch origin, and akin to E. scale of a fish; cf. D. schelp shell. See
Scale of a fish, and cf. Escalop.] [Written also scollop.] 1. (Zoöl.)
Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus
Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidæ. The shell is usually
radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a
characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is
much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobæus) occurs on the coast of
Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that
they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See Pecten, 2.
The common edible scallop of the Eastern United States is Pecten
irradians; the large sea scallop, also used as food, is P. Clintonius,
or tenuicostatus.
2. One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities,
forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell.
3. One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop
shell.
Scal"lop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scalloped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Scalloping.] 1. To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of
circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See Scallop, n.,
2.
2. (Cookery) To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with
crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See Scalloped oysters, below.
Scal"loped (?), a. 1. Furnished with a scallop; made or done with or in
a scallop.
2. Having the edge or border cut or marked with segments of circles.
See Scallop, n., 2.