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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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Black
·noun A black pigment or dye.
II. Black ·noun A stain; a spot; a smooch.
III. Black ·noun A black ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Black
Properly the absence of all colour. In Prov. 7:9 the Hebrew word means, as in the margin of the Revi...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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black
To look black at one, to look at one with anger or deep resentment depicted on the countenance.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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Black art
·- The art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy; conjuration; magic.
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Black bass
·- The sea bass. ·see <<Blackfish>>, 3.
II. Black bass ·- An edible, fresh-water fish of the United...
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Black book
·- Any book which treats of necromancy.
II. Black book ·- A book of admiralty law, of the highest a...
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Black death
·- A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century.
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Black Flags
·add. ·- An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by t...
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Black friar
·- A friar of the Dominican order;
— called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin....
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Black Friday
·add. ·- Any Friday on which a public disaster has occurred, as: In England, December 6, 1745, when ...
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Black Hamburg
·add. ·- A sweet and juicy variety of European grape, of a dark purplish black color, much grown und...
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Black Hand
·add. ·- A lawless or blackmailing secret society, ·esp. among Italians.
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Black hole
·- A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom;
— now commonly with allusio...
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Black lead
·- Plumbago; graphite. It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead. ·see <<Graphite>>.
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Black letter
·- The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the fi...
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Black Monday
·- The first Monday after the holidays;
— so called by English schoolboys.
II. Black Monday ·- Eas...
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Black monk
·- A Benedictine monk.
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Black pudding
·- A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, ·etc., thickened with meal.
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Black Rod
·- An usher in the legislature of British colonies.
II. Black Rod ·- the usher to the Chapter of th...
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Black salts
·- Crude potash.
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Black snake
·noun ·Alt. of <<Blacksnake>>.
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Black Spanish
·add. ·- One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumag...
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Black vomit
·- A copious vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance so discharged;
— one of the most fat...
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Black wash
·noun ·Alt. of <<Blackwash>>.
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Black-browed
·adj Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding.
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Black-eyed
·adj Having black eyes.
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Black-faced
·adj Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.
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Black-hearted
·adj Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.
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Black-jack
·noun The ensign of a pirate.
II. Black-jack ·noun The Quercus nigra, or barren oak.
III. Black-ja...
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Black-letter
·adj Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book.
II. Black-letter ·a...
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Black-mouthed
·adj Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.
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Brunswick black
·- ·see Japan black.
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Coal-black
·adj As black as coal; jet black; very black.
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Frankfort black
·- A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, ·...
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Jet-black
·adj Black as jet; deep black.
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Magnase black
·- A black pigment which dries rapidly when mixed with oil, and is of intense body.
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Pitch-black
·adj Black as pitch or tar.
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Black, William
(1841-1898)
Novelist. After studying as a landscape painter, he took to journalism in Glasgow. In 1...
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The Black Bull
On the north side of Holborn, in Farringdon Ward Without, west of Hatton Garden.
See Bull Inn.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Friars
A house of Dominican Friars near Ludgate on the site known later as the precinct of Blackfriars.
Fo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Black Lyon
A messuage in the street called Candelwicke Streete, in the parish of Blessed Mary Abchurch, 25 Eliz...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Posts
On the east side of Bell Alley or Back Alley, London Wall Street over against Swan Alley. In Broad S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Raven
On the west side of Bishopsgate, No. 136. In Bishopsgate Ward Without. Contains an old-fashioned sta...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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black art
The art of picking a lock. Cant.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black book
He is down in the black book, i.e. has a stain in his character. A black book is keep in most regime...
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black box
A lawyer. Cant.
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black eye
We gave the bottle a black eye, i.e. drank it almost up. He cannot say black is the white of my eye;...
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black fly
The greatest drawback on the farmer is the black fly, i.e. the parson who takes tithe of the harvest...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black guard
A shabby, mean fellow; a term said to be derived from a number of dirty, tattered roguish boys, who ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black jack
1) A nick name given to the Recorder by the Thieves.
2) A jug to drink out of, made of jacked leath...
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black joke
A popular tune to a song, having for the burden, "Her black joke and belly so white:" figuratively t...
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black indies
Newcastle upon Tyne, whose rich coal mines prove an Indies to the proprietors.
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black monday
The first Monday after the school-boys holidays, or breaking up, when they are to go to school, and ...
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black psalm
To sing the black psalm; to cry: a saying used to children.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black strap
Bene Carlo wine; also port. A task of labour imposed on soldiers at Gibraltar, as a punishment for s...
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black-birding
I.
n.
kidnapping natives of South Sea islands for service in Queensland plantations.
1871. `Narra...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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black-bream
n.
an Australian fish, Chrysophrys australis, Gunth., family Sparidae,or Sea-Breams; called in Tasm...
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black-cod
n.
a New Zealand fish, Nototheniaangustata.
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black-fern
n.
The Tasmanian species so calledis Athyrium australe, Presl., N.O. Polypodeae.
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black-line
See Black-War.
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black-perch
n.
a river fish of New South Wales. Therapon niger, Castln., family Percidae.A different fish from ...
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black-snake
See under snake.
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black-swan
See swan, black.
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Black Thursday
the day of a Victorian conflagration,which occurred on Feb. 6, 1851. The thermometer was 112degrees ...
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black-tracker
n.
an aboriginal employed intracking criminals.
1867. `Australia as it is,' pp. 88-9:
«The native...
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black-trevally
See trevally.
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Black-War
or Black-Line
a military operation planned in 1830 by Governor Arthur for the captureof the Tasmani...
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Black Wednesday
n.
a political phrase for aday in Victoria (Jan. 9, 1878), when the Government withoutnotice dismis...
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hat, black
n.
slang for a new immigrant.
1887. R. M. Praed, `Longleat of Kooralbyn,' c. xxviii. p. 277:
«Lor...
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palm, black
n.
a Queensland timber-tree, Ptychosperma normanbyi, F. v. M., N.O. Palmeae.
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plum, black
n. the fruit of the tree Cargillia australis, R. Br., N.O. Ebenaceae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful N...
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swan, black
n.
an Australian bird – – Cycnusniger, Juvenal; Cygnus atratus, Gould; Chenopsisatrata, Wagl., some...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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black-book
A book was kept in the English monasteries, during the reign of Henry VIII., in which details of the...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black-leg
The common term here and in England for a gambler.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black-mail
Formerly, money paid to men allied with robbers to be protected by them from being robbed.--Cowell. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black wood
Hemlock, pine, spruce, and fir.
Maine.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black-worm
the black-beetle. Cornish.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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black-birds
A slang term on the coast of Africa for a cargo of slaves.
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black-fisher
A water-poacher: one who kills salmon in close-time.
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black-fishing
The illegally taking of salmon, under night, by means of torches and spears with barbed prongs.
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black-head
The pewitt-gull (Larus ridibundus).
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black-hole
A place of solitary confinement for soldiers, and tried in some large ships.
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black-indies
Newcastle, Sunderland, and Shields.
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black-jack
The ensign of a pirate. Also, a capacious tin can for beer, which was formerly made of waxed leather...
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black-list
A record of misdemeanours impolitically kept by some officers for their private use the very essence...
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black-lock
A trout thought to be peculiar to Lough Melvin, on the west of Ireland.
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black ships
The name by which the English builders designate those constructed of teak in India.
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black squall
This squall, although generally ascribed to the West Indies, as well as the white squall, may be pri...
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black-strake
The range of plank immediately above the wales in a ship's side; they are always covered with a mixt...
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black-strap
The dark country wines of the Mediterranean. Also, bad port, such as was served for the sick in form...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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black-tang
The sea-weed Fucus vesicolosus, or tangle.
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black whale
The name by which the right whale of the south seas (Balæna australis) is often known to whalemen.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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