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Scala [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.

2. A term applied to any one of the three canals of the cochlea.

Scala nova Encyclopedia Britannica

SCALA NOVA, Scala Nuova, or (Turkish) Kush-adassi, also known as New Ephesus, a harbour on the west coast of Asia Minor, in the vilayet of Aidin, opposite the island of Samos. Before the opening of the Smyrna-Aidin railway its excellent roadstead was largely frequented by vessels trading with the Anatolian coast, and it has often been proposed to connect it with this system by a branch line, and thus enable it to compete with Smyrna as a trading centre. The population is estimated at 7000 to 10,000, of whom about 3000 are Greeks.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 21, p. 361
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Scalable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

That may be sealed.

Scalable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Capable of being scaled.

Scalade [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. SCALA'DE ,

2. SCALA'DO, noun [Latin scala, a latter. See Scale .]

3. A storm or assault on a fortified place, in which the soldiers enter the place by means of ladders. It is written also escalade.

Scalade [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Scalado

Scalado [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Escalade.

Scalae [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Scala

Scalar [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction.

Scalaria [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridae, 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.

Scalariform [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

2. Like or pertaining to a scalaria.

Scalary [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Resembling a ladder; formed with steps. [Little used.]

Scalary [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Resembling a ladder; formed with steps.

Scalawag [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A scamp; a scapegrace.