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School
·noun A session of an institution of instruction.
II. School ·noun A shoal; a multitude; as, a scho...
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school
A term applied to a shoal of any of the cetacean animals.
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school of venus
A bawdy-house.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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kettle of fish
When a person has perplexed his affairs in general, or any particular business, he is said to have m...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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kettle of fish
When a person has been perplexed in his affairs in general, or in any particular business, he is sai...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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kettle of fish
To have made a pretty kettle of fish of it, implies a perplexity in judgment.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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tickling of fish
The same as gennelin. (See groping.)
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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...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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City of London School
At the east end of the Victoria Embankment, east of John Carpenter Street, in Farringdon Ward Withou...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Guildhall School of Music
In Tallis Street, Whitefriars.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Barbison school
·add. ·- A French school of the middle of the 19th century centering in the village of Barbizon near...
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Correspondence school
·add. ·- A school that teaches by correspondence, the instruction being based on printed instruction...
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Public school
·add. ·- In the United States, a free primary, grammar, or high school maintained by the local gover...
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School-teacher
·noun One who teaches or instructs a school.
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Vested school
·add. ·- In Ireland, a national school which has been built by the aid of grants from the board of C...
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(St.) Anne's School
In Foster Lane. Established 1709. For 30 boys and 30 girls.
In praise of St. Anne and St. Agnes.
N...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Antony's School
Founded in the reign of H. VI. in the Hospital of St. Anthony (q.v.). Perhaps the most celebrated in...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Blackfriars School
Founded in 1716 by Peter Joy, for 40 boys and 30 girls (Dodsley, 1761).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Charity School
See St. Botolph Aldgate Charity School.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mercers' School
On the south side of Holborn in Barnard's Inn. Erected here in 1894.
The Hall of the inn retained a...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's School
Formerly on the eastern side of St. Paul's Churchyard, west of Old Change, in Farringdon Ward Within...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Starling School
On Little Tower Hill. Founded 1673 by Sir Samuel Starling for forty boys and thirty girls of the par...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Stationers' School
On the north side of Fleet Street between Bolt Court east and St. Dunstan's Court west, in Farringdo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward School
See Lime Street and Cornhill Wards' School.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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boarding school
Bridewell, Newgate, or any other prison, or house of correction.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cavaulting school
A Bawdy-house.
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pushing school
A fencing school; also a brothel.
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school butter
Cobbing, whipping.
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vaulting school
A bawdy-house; also an academy where vaulting and other manly exercises are taught.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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school-schnapper
n.
a fish.A name given to the Schnapper when three years old.See Schnapper.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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school-district
A division of a city or State for establishing schools. The State of New York is divided into more t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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school-ma'am
A school-mistress. This word is peculiar to New England.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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gray-school
A particular shoal of large salmon in the Solway about the middle of July.
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·OF
(abbreviation) Old French
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Of
·prep During; in the course of.
II. Of ·prep Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
III...
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of
An action of the organs of sense may be either involuntary or voluntary. Accordingly we say to hear,...
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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....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fish Street
See Fish Street Hill and Old Fish Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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scaly fish
An honest, rough, blunt sailor.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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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balance-fish
The hammer-headed shark (which see).
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balloon-fish
(Tetraodon)
A plectognathous fish, covered with spines, which has the power of inflating its body ...
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band-fish
, or ribbon-fishes
A popular name of the Gymnetrus genus.
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basket-fish
A name for several species of Euryale; a kind of star-fish, the arms of which divide and subdivide m...
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bill-fish
See gar-fish.
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black-fish
A common name applied by sailors to many different species of cetaceans. The animal so called in the...
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bladder-fish
A term for the tetraodon. (See balloon-fish.)
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bony-fish
One of the names of the hard-head (which see).
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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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coal-fish
The Gadus carbonarius. Called gerrack in its first year, cuth or queth in its second, sayth in its t...
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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
See fish-wife
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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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hose-fish
A name for a kind of cuttle-fish.
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hound-fish
The old Anglo-Saxon term for dog-fish húnd-fisc.
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monk-fish
The Squatina angelus. (See devil-fish.)
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mud-fish
The Lepidosiren, a very remarkable fish of the Gambia and other African rivers.
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mun-fish
Rotten fish, used in Cornwall for manure.
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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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