Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An imbricated pattern.
- Imbricated; having a pattern resembling scales: as, a scale-pattern tea-cup.
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Examples
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In the former the scale-pattern is used conventionally to denote almost anything.
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The feathers of Typhon's wings are conventionally represented by a scale-pattern; the arc of the scales has been drawn with compass; we observe still the hole left in the centre by the leg of the compass.
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