scale off

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You can also gently scrape the scale off branches and stems with a plastic dish scrubber.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Geological Survey data, there were 397 tremors of 5.0 or higher on the Richter scale off or near the east coast of Japan's main island from Mar. 11 through Mar. 23.

From BusinessWeek • Mar. 31, 2011

After a few more boxers weigh in on the thigh-high Detecto scale off to the side of the ring, the M.C. and three judges take their seats at a long table on the bandstand.

From Time Magazine Archive

The little romance of my meeting with these creatures was beginning to scale off, and, there beneath, lay the vulgar metal of their natures exposed to view.

From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James

So long as the enamel holds it is all right but once it is broken through at any point it begins to scale off and gets into our food.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.