Citations:scales


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * Now the monster was hideous to behold; he was clothed with scales, like a fish, (and they are his pride,) he had wings like a dragon, feet like a bear, and out of his belly came fire and smoke, and his mouth was as the mouth of a lion.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * Upon the floor within, were piled up heaps of rusty keys, nails, chains, hinges, files, scales, weights, and refuse iron of all kinds.