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  • noun Plural form of scale.
  • noun A device for weighing goods for sale.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scale.

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  • Weigh me, high wind!

    What will your wild scales record?

    Profit of pain,

    Joy by the weight of a word.

    - Leonora Speyer, 'Measure Me, Sky'.

    November 1, 2008