I tore off the silver-scaled corselet, the horned helmet. From Wordnik.com. [Wings in the Night]
Nor were the third group of invaders, the silver-scaled Tristou goblins. From Wordnik.com. [Time Streams]
Breadalbane in the forests of America, or will the ocean afford you the silver-scaled salmon of the Awe?. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicles of the Canongate] Reference
They came into sight -- two of them, huge Norse warriors, their silver-scaled armor flashing in the moonlight. From Wordnik.com. [People of the Dark]
The town lay behind them in a glorifying haze; the river stretched silver-scaled in the moonlight, like a gigantic fish-back. From Wordnik.com. [Maurice Guest] Reference
His heart grew and expanded, blood pulsed through massive veins, fed his strong taloned legs and an enormous silver-scaled body. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons Of A Vanished Moon]
The huge, silver-scaled bream he caught from the Thames towpath at Richmond, big as a dinner tray, which had passers-by staring and clicking away with their cameras. From Wordnik.com. [We're all hooked on fishing now] Reference
He saw, as all of us saw then, rippling around Master Tall, the transparent outline of a silver-scaled body, the graceful shape of a large silver-scaled dragon's head. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragons of Chaos]
Tom was getting sick of all these pieces of furniture wanting payment and wished that he was home on the farm, even though the farm was full of water and silver-scaled crocodiles. From Wordnik.com. [Into the mire] Reference
The others were wearing opulent Oriental garb similar to Eric and Ria's-except for Kayla, who had somehow managed to convince Chinthliss or his servants to provide her with an approximation of her glitterpunk garb'tight silver-scaled leggings mostly covered with black thigh-high stiletto-heeled boots, and a brief tube top that looked as if it was made of marabou feathers. From Wordnik.com. [Spirits White As Lightning]
By his side hung a Damascus blade in a silver-scaled sheath. From Wordnik.com. [With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds] Reference
And the silver-scaled sea-farers love nought its barren space. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs] Reference
The king's son was lying hidden among the rushes on the island of the great pool of sweet waters; and thick and fast came silver-scaled fishes, feeding him. From Wordnik.com. [The Field of Clover] Reference
Ah! there was the stretch of river coiling like a silver-scaled snake among the rushes, and there, on the farther side, was the strip of dry sand, the "mount of sacrifice.". From Wordnik.com. [Love and Life Behind the Purdah] Reference
Memories of Glengyle, the laughing of the silver-scaled sea, the tawny fisher-lads with their honest eyes, the herring glittering like jewels in the brown nets, the women with their round health-hued cheeks and motherly eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance] Reference
I shaved by candle-light, dressed in my worn riding-breeches and jacket, then, candle in hand, began groping about among the faded bits of finery and tarnished properties until I found the silver-scaled swimming-tights once worn by the girl of whom we had heard so much. From Wordnik.com. [The Maids of Paradise] Reference
The day had been a hot, languorous Sunday on which all things had seemed to be exhibiting their better side, and telling the sun that it was not in vain that he was pouring out his brilliant potency, and diffusing his living gold; while the man of whom I speak had, dressed in a new suit of blue serge, a new cap cocked awry, and a pair of brilliantly polished boots, been standing at the edge of the wharf, and gazing at the brown waters of the Kama, the emerald expanse beyond them and the silver-scaled pools left behind by the tide. From Wordnik.com. [Through Russia] Reference
A new cap cocked awry, and a pair of brilliantly polished boots, been standing at the edge of the wharf, and gazing at the brown waters of the Kama, the emerald expanse beyond them and the silver-scaled pools left behind by the tide. From Wordnik.com. [Through Russia] Reference
William threw in his line, and as soon as the lead touched the bottom he pulled it up about a foot, as Ready had instructed him; and he had not held his line more than half a minute, when it was jerked so forcibly, that not expecting it he was nearly hauled into the water; as it was, the fish was so strong that the line slipped through his hand and scored his fingers; but after a time he was able to pull it in, and he landed on the beach a large silver-scaled fish, weighing nine or ten pounds. From Wordnik.com. [Masterman Ready The Wreck of the "Pacific"] Reference
The silver-scaled fish that softly swim. From Wordnik.com. [The Compleat Angler : or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation] Reference
The silver-scaled fish that softly swim. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Angler 1653] Reference
Of over-grown, golden, and silver-scaled fishes. From Wordnik.com. [Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete] Reference
" The silver-scaled fish that softly swim. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Angler]
Where the silver-scaled sea-farers, and the crook-lipped bull-trout dwell. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs] Reference
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