To Scale

1. (transitive) To remove the scales of. *Synonym: descale
2. (intransitive) To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
3. (transitive) To strip or clear of scale; to descale.
4. (transitive) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
5. (intransitive) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.
6. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) To scatter; to spread.
7. (transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.(Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)