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silver-scaled, a.
[f. silver n. 17.]
Having silvery scales.
1430–40Lydg. Bochas viii. xxv. (1558) 18 Bryght siluer scaled domageth the dragon. c1450― Secrees 674 Whysperyng tounges of taast moost serpentyn, Silvir scalyd whoos mouth is ful of blood. 1513Douglas æneid xii. Prol. 55 The syluer scalyt fyschis on the greit. 1653Walton Angler i. 37 The silver-scaled fish that softly swim Within the sweet brooks chrystal, watry stream. 1827Scott Highl. Widow v, Will the ocean afford you the silver-scaled salmon of the Awe? 1861W. F. Collier Hist. Eng. Lit. 403 A silver-scaled twenty-pounder. |