Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
scale-insect .
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Examples
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I wonder what Jehoiakim did with the mealy-bug on his passion-vine, and if he had any way of removing the scale-bug from his African acacia?
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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I wonder what Jehoiakim did with the mealy-bug on his passion-vine, and if he had any way of removing the scale-bug from his African acacia?
Backlog Studies Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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It needs to be planted in the kind of soil we have described, in a well-drained pot or box, and to have its leaves thoroughly washed once or twice a year in strong suds made with soft-soap, to free it from dust and scale-bug; and an ivy will live and thrive and wind about in a room, year in and year out, will grow around pictures, and do almost any thing to oblige you that you can suggest to it.
American Woman's Home Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853
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