A device to measure mass or weight. / Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.

(music) One of the diatonic scales; a group of notes or musical pitches in a particular pattern, used to make melodies. The pattern for a major scale is: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone.

A beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians. / Any species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager. / Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

(transitive) To limit in amount or share; to stint. / (intransitive) To fail, or become less; to scantle.

Very little, very few.

A small piece or quantity. / (uncommon) Scarcity; lack. / (masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level. / (masonry) A sheet of stone.

(uncommon or old-fashioned) With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing. / (colloquial or obsolete) The scabies. / The mange, especially when it appears on sheep.

(intransitive) To become covered by a scab or scabs. / (intransitive) To form into scabs and be shed, as damaged or diseased skin. / (transitive) To remove part of a surface (from).