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scaler † Lumbering 
n. a person employed to scale timber.
- 1936 On the Coast, official scalers are now charged with the work of grading logs under the provision of the "Forest Act" . . . an Official Scaler holds the balance between logger and manufacturer.
- 1956 Hal knew that a summer at scaler's wages meant university for sure this fall.
- 1963 On the American side the scaler calculates the proportion of rot, and the man is paid for the rest.
- 1936 On the Coast, official scalers are now charged with the work of grading logs under the provision of the "Forest Act" . . . an Official Scaler holds the balance between logger and manufacturer.