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Fish Street, West
See West Fish Street.
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West Fish Street
In parish of St. Nicholas Coldabbey, 14 Rich. II. (Anc. Deeds, A. 2488).
Probably the western porti...
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West Street
1) West out of Finsbury Circus to No. 26 Finsbury Pavement (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward....
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(St.) Nicholas New Fish Street
,(St.) Nicholas West Fish Street
Earliest mention: "St. Nicholas at Westfishstreet." " Westpiscariam...
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(St.) Nicholas Old Fish Street
See St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, St. Nicholas Distaff Lane, St. Nicholas New Fish Street, St. Nicholas W...
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Fish Street
See Fish Street Hill and Old Fish Street.
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West
·adv <<Westward>>.
II. West ·vi To pass to the west; to set, as the sun.
III. West ·vi To turn or ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Le West
Mentioned in early records as if there were a district so named in the City: Grant by Alan Bursar to...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Arthur Street West
See Arthur Street.
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Cannon Street West
See Cannon Street.
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Gresham Street West
West from Wood Street to Foster Lane. In Cripplegate Ward Within and Aldersgate Ward.
Formerly call...
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West Harding Street
East out of Fetter Lane at No.20 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
Former names: Westha...
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Fish Street, New
See New Fish Street.
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Fish Street Hill
1) South from the junction of Gracechurch Street and Eastcheap to Lower Thames Street at 128 (P.O. D...
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New Fish Street
In St. Nicholas parish, temp. John (Anc. Deeds, A. 2588).
There are numerous references to " nova p...
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Old Fish Street
West from Queen Victoria Street to Knightrider Street, in Bread Street and Queenhithe Wards (O.S.188...
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Fish
·pl of Fish.
II. Fish ·noun The flesh of fish, used as food.
III. Fish ·noun A counter, used in va...
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Fish
Called dag by the Hebrews, a word denoting great fecundity (Gen. 9:2; Num. 11:22; Jonah 2:1, 10). No...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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fish
A seaman. A scaly fish; a rough, blunt tar. To have other fish to fry; to have other matters to mind...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fish
'To have other fish to fry,' is a common colloquial expression denoting that a person has other occu...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fish
, or fish-piece.
A long piece of hard wood, convex on one side and concave on the other; two are b...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Fish
The Hebrews recognized fish as one of the great divisions of the animal kingdom, and as such gave th...
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Knightriders Street, West Smithfield
See Giltspur Street.
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West India
·- ·Alt. of West Indian.
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West Indian
·- Belonging or relating to the West Indies.
II. West Indian ·- A native of, or a dweller in, the W...
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West Alley
In Shoe Lane (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps.
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West Smithfield
A large area, about 3 acres in extent, lying to the north-west of the City, adjoining the Church and...
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West Watergate
See Puddle Dock.
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west wind
This and its collateral, the S.W., prevail nearly three-fourths of the year in the British seas, and...
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Breton, Nicholas
(1545-1626)
Poet and novelist. Little is known of his life. He was the s. of William B., a London m...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Grimoald, Nicholas
(1519-1562)
Poet, was at Camb. and Oxf., and was chaplain to Bishop Ridley. He contributed to Totte...
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Rowe, Nicholas
(1674-1718)
Dramatist and poet, b. of a good family at Little Barford, Bedfordshire, was bred to th...
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(St.) Nicholas Acon
On the west side of Nicholas Lane and north side of Nicholas Passage. In Langbourne Ward. The parish...
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(St.) Nicholas Alley
See Nicholas Passage, Nicholas Lane.
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(St.) Nicholas Bernard
Grant to the church of St. Nicholas Bernard and to Master Nicholas the Rector of some land on the we...
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(St.) Nicholas' Chapel
Situate by the Hospital of St. Bartholomew (S. 37).
No later mention.
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(St.) Nicholas Cornhill
Messuage and garden in parish of St. Nicholas Cornhill, parcel of the possessions of the late Colleg...
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(St.) Nicholas Halle
Tenement of John de St. Edmund called "Seint Nicholas Halle" in parish of S. Nicholas Hacon (Ct. H.W...
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(St.) Nicholas Olave
On the west side of Bread Street Hill in the ward of Queenhithe (S. 357, and Leake, 1666).
Earliest...
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(St.) Nicholas Shambles
On the north side of Newgate Street, between Butcher Hall Lane, now King Edward Street, and Roman Ba...
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(St.) Nicholas Westpiscar
See St. Nicholas Cole Abbey; St. Nicholas New Fish Street, St. Nicholas West Fish Street.
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Nicholas' Almshouse
In Monkwell Street. Founded 1575 by Sir Ambrose Nicholas, salter, for 12 widows of his Company. Held...
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Nicholas Lane
South out of Lombard Street, at No. 23, to 151 Cannon Street (P.O. Directory). In Langbourn and Cand...
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Nicholas Passage
West out of Nicholas Lane, at No.5, to 31 Abchurch Lane (P.O. Directory). In Langhourn and Candlewic...
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(St.) Margaret Fish Street Hill
On the east side of Fish Street Hill, opposite to Crooked Lane (Leake, 1666). In Bridge Ward Within,...
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New Fish Street Hill
See Fish Street Hill.
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Old Fish Street Hill
South out of Old Fish Street to Upper Thames Street, in Queenhithe Ward (Horwood, 1799-L.C.C. List, ...
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The Swan, Old Fish Street
In Olde Fish Street, 18 and 27 Eliz. (Lond. I. p.m. III. 82).
Seems to have been near Distaff Lane,...
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Street
·adj Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or vi...
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Street
The street called "Straight" at Damascus (Acts 9:11) is "a long broad street, running from east to w...
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Street
The streets of a modern Oriental town present a great contrast to those with which we are familiar, ...
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(St.) Nicholas Acuns Lane or Street
See Nicholas Lane.
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(St.) Augustine next Old Fish Street
See St. Augustine Watling Street.
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Bell Yard, Fish Street Hill
West out of Fish Street Hill at No.13, north of Crooked Lane, and opposite the Monument. In Bridge W...
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Globe Alley, Fish Street Hill
See Globe Court.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street
On the north side of Little Knightrider Street, at the south-west corner of Old Change, in Castle Ba...
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Amber fish
·- A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis.).
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Angel fish
·- ·see under <<Angel>>.
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Archer fish
·- A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies;
— so called from its ejecting drops of wat...
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Balloon fish
·- A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by tak...
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Band fish
·- A small red fish of the genus Cepola; the ribbon fish.
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Barber fish
·- ·see Surgeon fish.
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Bellows fish
·- A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a ...
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Bur fish
·- A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (·esp. Chilo mycterus geom...
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Coral fish
·- Any bright-colored fish of the genera Chaetodon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which l...
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Fish-bellied
·adj Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-bellied rail.
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Fish-block
·noun ·see Fish-tackle.
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Fish-tackle
·noun A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used ...
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Fish-tail
·adj Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish.
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Fly-fish
·vi To angle, using flies for bait.
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Flying fish
·- A fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly a considerable distance by means of its larg...
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Half-fish
·noun A salmon in its fifth year of growth.
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Lance fish
·- A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast;...
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Margate fish
·- A sparoid fish (Diabasis aurolineatus) of the Gulf of Mexico, esteemed as a food fish;
— called ...
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Pudding fish
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Pudding wife.
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Suleah fish
·- A coarse fish of India, used in making a breakfast relish called burtah.
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Tobias fish
·- The lant, or sand eel.
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Fish-hooks
Were used for catching fish (Amos 4:2; comp. Isa. 37:29; Jer. 16:16; Ezek. 29:4; Job. 41:1, 2; Matt....
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Fish-pools
(Cant. 7:4) should be simply "pools," as in the Revised Version. The reservoirs near Heshbon (q.v.) ...
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Fish Market
See Old Fish Market and Leadenhall.
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Fish Wharf
1) Near Queenhithe, in the parish of St. Mary Somerset.
First mention: Shops in a lane at one end o...
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Fish Yard
East out of Pudding Lane near No. 20 or 21, in Billingsgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799).
Si...
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scaly fish
An honest, rough, blunt sailor.
...
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bat-fish
n.
The name in England is given to afish of the family Maltheidae. It is also applied tothe Flying ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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black-fish
n.
The name is given, especially inSydney, to the sea-fishes Girella simplex, Richards (see Ludrick...
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blue-fish
n.
name given in Sydney to Girella cyanea, of the family Sparidae, orSea-Breams. It is different fr...
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boar-fish
n.
a name applied in England tovarious dissimilar fishes which have projecting snouts.(`Century.') ...
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butter-fish
n. a name given in Australia to Oligorus mitchellii, Castln. (see Murray Perch);in Victoria, to Chil...
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butterfly-fish
n.
a New Zealand sea-fish, Gasterochisma melampus, Richards., one of the Nomeidae. The ventral fins...
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cat-fish
n.
The name is applied in the OldWorld to various fishes of the family Siluridae, andalso to the Wo...
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climbing-fish
n.
i.q. hopping-fish (q.v.).
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coffer-fish
n.
i.q. trunk-fish (q.v.).
...
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count-fish
n.
a large Schnapper (q.v.). See Cock-Schnapper.
1874. `Sydney Mail,' `Fishes and Fishing in New S...
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craw-fish
n.
a variant of cray-fish (q.v.).
...
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cray-fish
n.
The Australasian Cray-fishbelong to the family Parastacidae, the members of whichare confined to...
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cucumber-fish
n. i.q. grayling (q.v.).
...
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dog-fish
n.
The name belongs to variousfishes of distinct families, chiefly sharks. In Australia,it is used ...
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dollar-fish
n.
a name often given formerly tothe John Dory (q.v.), from the mark on its side. See quotation, 18...
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eel-fish
n.
Plotosus tandanus,Mitchell. Called also Catfish (q.v.), and Tandan (q.v.).
1838. T. L. Mitchell...
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elephant-fish
n.
a fish of New Zealand, SouthAustralian, and Tasmanian waters, Callorhynchusantarcticus, Lacep., ...
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file-fish
n.
name given in NewZealand to the fish Monacanthus rudis, Richards, family Sclerodermi; in New Sou...
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fish-hawk
n. English name applied to Pandion leucocephalus, Gould; called also the Osprey.
1848. J. Gould, `B...
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frost-fish
n.
name given in Australia and NewZealand to the European Scabbard-fish, Lepidopuscaudatus, White. ...
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globe-fish
n.
name given to the fish Tetrodon hamiltoni, Richards., family Gymnodontes. The Spiny Globe-fish i...
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guard-fish
n.
Erroneous spelling of Garfish (q.v.).
...
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hand-fish
n.
a Tasmanian fish, Brachionichthys hirsutus, Lacep., family Pediculati. The name is used in the n...
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hopping-fish
or Climbing-fish
n.
a fish of the north of New South Wales and of Queensland,P eriophthalmus austr...
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jackass-fish
n.
another Sydney name for the Morwong (q.v.).
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jew-fish
n.
a name applied in New South Walesto two or more different species, Sciaena antarctica,Castln., a...
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kelp-fish
n.
In New Zealand, also called Butter-fish (q.v.), Coridodax pullus, Forst.In Tasmania, Odax baleat...
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king-fish
n.
In New Zealand a sea-fish, Seriola lalandii (Maori, Haku), sometimes called the Yellow-tail; in ...
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marble-fish
n.
name given to the Tupong (q.v.) in Geelong.
...
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milk-fish
n.
The name, in Australia,is given to a marine animal belonging to the class Holothurioidea. The Ho...
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mud-fish
n.
a fish of Westland, New Zealand, Neochanna apoda, Gunth. Guenther says Neochannais a «degraded f...
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mutton-fish
n.
a marine univalve mollusc, Haliotis naevosa, Martyn: so called from its flavourwhen cooked. The ...
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paper-fish
n.
a Tasmanian name. See Bastard Trumpeter and Morwong.
1883. `Royal Commission on Fisheries of Ta...
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parrot-fish
n.
name given in Australia to Pseudoscarus pseudolabrus; called in the Australiantropics Parrot-per...
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pig-fish
n.
name given to the fish Agriopusleucopaecilus, Richards., in Dunedin; called also the Leather-jac...
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pipe-fish
n.
common fishname. The speciespresent in Australia and New Zealand is Ichthyocampusfilum, Gunth., ...
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porcupine-fish
n.
name given to severalspecies of the genus Diodon, family Gymnodontes,poisonous fishes; also to D...
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rainbow-fish
n.
a New Zealand fish, Heteroscharus castelnaui, Macl.
...
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samson-fish
n.
name given in Sydney to Seriola hippos, Gunth., family Carangidae;and in Melbourne to the young ...
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saw-fish
n.
a species of Ray, Pristiszysron, Bleek, the Australasian representative of the Pristidae family,...
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silver-fish
See silver
...
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tassel-fish
n.
a thread-fish of Queensland,of the genus Polynemus, family Polynemidae.Polynemoid fish have free...
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tit-fish
n.
a name given in North Australiato the Sea-slug, or Trepang; because the appearance of itstentacl...
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toad-fish
n.
In New Zealand, a scarce marinefish of the family Psychrolutidae, Neophrynichthyslatus. In Austr...
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velvet-fish
n.
name given in Tasmaniato the fish Holoxenus cutaneus, Gunth., family Cirrhitidae. The skin is co...
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wreck-fish
n.
The Australian species is Polyprion ceruleum, family Percoidae. Guenther saysthat the European s...
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zebra–fish
n.
name given to the fish Neotephraeops zebra, Richards.
...
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to make fish
To cure and prepare fish for commerce. A New England phrase.
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devil-fish
(Genus, Sophius. Cuvier.) The common name of the American Angler, so called from its hideous form. I...
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fish flake
A frame covered with faggots for the purpose of drying fish.--New England.
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fool-fish
(Genus, monocanthus. Cuvier.) The popular name of the long-finned file-fish. "Our fishermen apply to...
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frost-fish
(Genus, morrhua.) A small fish which abounds on our coast during the winter months. It is also calle...
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odd fish
A person who is eccentric or odd in his manners. The Knickerbocker Magazine, in a sketch of a learne...
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queer fish
An odd or eccentric person is often called a queer fish, an odd stick.
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angel-fish
The Squatina angelus, of the shark family. It inhabits the northern seas, is six or eight feet long,...
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anker-fish
A name of a kind of cuttle-fish.
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cat-fish
A name for the sea-wolf (Anarrhicas lupus).
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clean-fish
On the northern coasts, a salmon perfectly in season.
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coney-fish
A name of the burbot.
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cray-fish
A lobster-like crustacean (Astacus fluviatilis) found in fresh-water.
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cross-fish
A northern name for the asterias or star-fish; so called from the Norwegian kors-fisk. Also, the Ura...
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cur-fish
A small kind of dog-fish.
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cuttle-fish
A common marine animal of the genus Sepia, and class Cephalopoda. It has ten tentacles or arms range...
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daw-fish
The Scyllium catulus, a small dog-fish.
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devil-fish
The Lophius piscatorius, a hideous creature, which has also obtained the name of fish-frog, monk-fis...
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dog-fish
A name commonly applied to several small species of the shark family.
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dogger-fish
Fish bought out of the Dutch doggers.
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dole-fish
The share of fish that was given to our northern fishermen as part payment for their labour.
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drom-fish
A large fish taken and cured in quantities in the Portuguese harbours of South America, as well for ...
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dun-fish
A peculiar preparation of cod for the American market, by which it retains a dun or dark yellow colo...
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elephant-fish
The Chimæra callorynchus, named from the proboscis-like process on its nose. Though inferior to many...
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fiddle-fish
A name of the king-crab (Limulus polyphemus), from its supposed resemblance to that instrument.
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fish, royal
Whale and sturgeon, to which the sovereign is entitled when either thrown on shore or caught near th...
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fish-davit
(See davit.) That which steps into a shoe in the fore-chains, and is used for fishing an anchor.
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fisher-fish
A species of Remora, said to be trained by the Chinese to catch turtle. When a turtle is perceived b...
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fish-fag
A woman who fags under heavy fish-baskets, but is applied also in opprobrium to slatterns.
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fish-flake
A stage covered with light spars for the purpose of drying fish in Newfoundland.
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fish-front
The strengthening slab on a made mast.
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fish-garth
The water shut in by a dam or weir by the side of a river for securing fish.
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fish-gig
A staff with three, four, or more barbed prongs of steel at one end, and a line fastened to the othe...
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fish-hack
A name of the Gobius niger.
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fish-leep
An old term for a fish-basket.
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fish-room
A space parted off by bulk-heads in the after-hold, now used for waste stores, but formerly used for...
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fish-spear
An instrument with barbed spikes.
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fish-tackle
A tackle employed to hook and draw up the flukes of a ship's anchor towards the top of the bow, afte...
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fish-woman
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fish-wife
, or fish-woman.
A female carrier and vendor of fish in our northern cities.
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flat-fish
The Pleuronectidæ, a family of fishes containing the soles, flounders, turbots, &c., remarkable for ...
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fool-fish
A name of the long-finned file-fish, and so called from its apparently whimsical manner of swimming....
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foul fish
Applied to salmon in the spawning state, or such as have not for the current year made their way to ...
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frog-fish
See fishing-frog.
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frost-fish
A small fish, called also tommy-cod; in North America they are taken in large quantities in the dept...
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gair-fish
A name on our northern coasts for the porpoise.
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gar-fish
The Belone vulgaris, or bill-fish, the bones of which are green. Also called the guard-fish, but it ...
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gib-fish
A northern name for the male of the salmon.
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gold fish
The trivial name of the Cyprinus auratus, one of the most superb of the finny tribe. It was original...
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green-fish
Cod, hake, haddock, herrings, &c., unsalted.
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guard-fish
A corruption of the word gar-fish.
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pilot-fish
♦ Naucrates ductor, a member of the Scomber family, the attendant on the shark.
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pipe-fish
A fish of the genus Syngnathus, with an elongated slender body and long tubular mouth.
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redd-fish
A northern general term for fishes in the spawning state, but particularly applied to salmon.
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royal fish
Whales, porpoises, sturgeons, &c., which, when driven on shore, become droits of admiralty.
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saw-fish
A species of shark (Pristis antiquorum) with the bones of the face produced into a long flat rostrum...
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sein-fish
By statute (3 Jac. I. c. 12) includes that sort taken with a sein.
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sheet-fish
The Silurus glanis, a large fish found in many European rivers and lakes.
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shell-fish
A general term applied to aquatic animals having a hard external covering or shell, as whelks, oyste...
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size-fish
A whale, of which the whalebone blades are six feet or upwards in length; the harpooner gets a bonus...
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skrae-fish
Fish dried in the sun without being salted.
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sleeve-fish
A name for the calamary, Loligo vulgaris, an animal allied to the cuttle-fish.
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stock-fish
Ling and haddock when sun-dried, without salt, were called stock-fish, and used in the navy, but are...
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sun-fish
The Orthagoriscus mola, a whimsical-looking creature, like the head of a large fish severed from its...
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swine-fish
A northern name of the wolf-fish, Anarhichas lupus.
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sword-fish
A large fish of the family Scombridæ, remarkable for the prolongation of the nose into a straight, p...
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tang-fish
A northern name for the seal.
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