SCALE

each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another.

a thick, dry flake of skin.

a flaky covering or deposit.

remove scale or scales from

(especially of the skin) form scales

an instrument for weighing, originally a simple balance (a pair of scales) but now usually a device with an electronic or other internal weighing mechanism

a large drinking container for beer or other alcoholic drink.

weigh a specified weight

a graduated range of values forming a standard system for measuring or grading something

the relative size or extent of something

an arrangement of the notes in any system of music in ascending or descending order of pitch

a system of numerical notation in which the value of a digit depends upon its position in the number, successive positions representing successive powers of a