SCALE:
■ verb
Climb; ascend; weigh; do according to a particular ratio; remove flakes or scales; become covered in limescale; change the size of something.
eg.The troops scaled the walls of the fort.
■ noun
Balm, ointment ;Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation.
eg.To the south of, and between the two ceramic vessels, was a complete glass unguent bottle.
