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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Scale,) Skaile, n.4 [Of doubtful origin. OED takes as Scale n.1, in specif. use; but may be f. as Scale n.3 (e.m.E. scale = a graduated series (1605)).] ? A kind, or genus, of fish. —1581-1623 James VI Poems I 87/68.
Heir of the seas (which dyuers skaile Of fish contenis) dois witnes beare
