scale staircase

scale staircase
scale stair or scale staircase noun (Scot)
Stairs in straight flights
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Main Entry:scale

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  • scale stair — or scale staircase noun (Scot) Stairs in straight flights • • • Main Entry: ↑scale …   Useful english dictionary

  • Scale — Scale, n. [L. scalae, pl., scala staircase, ladder; akin to scandere to climb. See {Scan}; cf. {Escalade}.] 1. A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Scale of chords — Scale Scale, n. [L. scalae, pl., scala staircase, ladder; akin to scandere to climb. See {Scan}; cf. {Escalade}.] 1. A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scale — I. /skeɪl / (say skayl) noun 1. one of the thin, flat, horny or hard plates that form the covering of certain animals, as fishes. 2. any thin plate like piece, lamina, or flake such as peels off from a surface. 3. Botany a. a small rudimentary… …  

  • scale — I. noun Etymology: Middle English scole, scale bowl, scale of a balance, from Old Norse skāl; akin to Old Norse skel shell more at shell Date: 14th century 1. a. either pan or tray of a balance b. a beam that is supported freely in the center and …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • staircase — /stair kays /, n. a flight of stairs with its framework, banisters, etc., or a series of such flights. [1615 25; STAIR + CASE2] * * * ▪ architecture  series, or flight, of steps between two floors. Traditionally, staircase is a term for stairs… …   Universalium

  • Scale-and-platt — A scale and platt staircase is a modern style straight staircase as opposed to traditional spiral staircases. One of the first of this type was built at Crichton Castle …   Wikipedia

  • Down the Ancient Staircase — Directed by Mauro Bolognini Produced by Fulvio Lucisano Written by Raffaele Andreassi Mario Arosio Sinko Solleville Marie Tullio Pinelli Mario Tobino …   Wikipedia

  • gamut — Scale Scale, n. [L. scalae, pl., scala staircase, ladder; akin to scandere to climb. See {Scan}; cf. {Escalade}.] 1. A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Occupiers' liability in English law — English Tort law Part of the common law series Negligence Duty of care Bolam test Breach of duty Causation …   Wikipedia

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