"Steelyard" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... opulent; the industry of the members of the Hanseatic League was chiefly in iron and the precious metals; among them were armourers, watch-makers, and goldsmiths. In the Stahlhof, called in English the Steelyard, and which the founders themselves had designated the Palace of Steel, was to be noted a certain opulence and pursuit of comfort which is to be found in all ages. After having finished their business, the merchants formed a social circle of their own. They had a festival-hall of their own, and they ...
— Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers • Esther Singleton
... shelf full of pens, pieces of ink, fans, scented cakes, various kinds of purses, handkerchiefs and other like articles, while on the lower shelf were piled several strings of cash. But, presently they pulled out the drawer, when they saw, in a small wicker basket, several pieces of silver, and a steelyard. ...
— Hung Lou Meng, Book II • Cao Xueqin
... one outside certain guilds, there were arrangements favoring foreign traders who had got their foothold during the War of the Roses,—when kings needed money from any source that would promise it. The Hanse merchants at the Steelyard alone controlled the markets of more than a hundred towns. Their grim stone buildings rose like a fort commanding London Bridge, and they paid less both in duties and customs than English merchants did. ...
— Days of the Discoverers • L. Lamprey
... steadily and as rapidly as he was able at the unfamiliar employment. When night came he reckoned he had done well. With a complacent feeling he stood waiting his turn as the great baskets, one after another, were swung on the steelyard and the weights announced. He found himself pitying some of the pickers as light weights were called, wondering if they had fallen behind last year's figures. When his basket was brought forward, it was by Big Sam, who with one hand swung ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, October, 1877, Vol. XX. No. 118 • Various
... called Kumrawat in the northern Districts and Patbina (pat patti, sacking, and binna, to weave) in Chhattisgarh. A small colony of hemp-growers in the Betul District are known as Dangur, probably from the dang or wooden steelyard which they use for weighing hemp. Both the Kumrawats and Dangurs claim Rajput origin, and may be classed together. The caste of Barais or betel-vine growers have a subcaste called Kumrawat, and the Kumrawats ...
— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV) • R.V. Russell |
