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shotten-herring
A gutted herring dried for keeping. Metaphorically, a term of contempt for a lean lazy fellow.
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Shotten
·- of <<Shoot>>.
II. Shotten ·noun Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.
III. Shotten ·no...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Herring
·noun One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and allied genera, ·esp. the common roun...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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herring
The devil a barrel the better herring; all equally bad.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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herring
n.
Various species of Clupeidae, to which the European Herring belongs, areknown by this name in Au...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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herring
A common fish the Clupea harengus; Anglo-Saxon hæring and hering.
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Blood-shotten
·adj <<Bloodshot>>.
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Nook-shotten
·adj Full of nooks, angles, or corners.
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Shoulder-shotten
·adj Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse.
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nook-shotten
spoken of a wall in a bevil, and not at right angles with another wall.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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nook-shotten
A Shakspearian expression for a coast indented with bays; as in Henry V. Bourbon speaks contemptuous...
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Pickle-herring
·noun A merry-andrew; a buffoon.
II. Pickle-herring ·noun A herring preserved in brine; a pickled h...
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herring gutted
Thin, as a shotten hering.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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herring pond
The sea. To cross the herring pond at the king's expence; to be transported.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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herring-cale
n.
name given in New South Walesto the fish Olistherops brunneus, Macl., family Labridae, orWrasses...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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perth herring
i.q. Sardine (q.v.),and see herring.
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picton herring
n.
a name for several fisheswhen dried (like «kipper» ), especially for the Sea-Mullet, or Makawhit...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yarra-herring
n.
name given in Melbourne to afresh-water fish, Prototroctes maraena, Gunth.; calledalso Grayling ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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crue-herring
The shad (Clupea alosa).
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egyptian herring
A northern coast name for the gowdanook, saury-pike, or Scomberesox saurus.
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herring-boning
A method of sewing up rents in a sail by small cross-stitches, by which the seam is kept flat.
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herring-buss
A peculiar boat of 10 or 15 tons, for the herring fishery. (See buss.)
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herring-cob
A young herring.
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herring-gutted
See shotten-herring.
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herring-hog
A name for the porpoise.
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herring-pond
The Atlantic Ocean.
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white-herring
A pickled herring in the north, but in other parts a fresh herring is so called.
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Three Herring Court
1) East out of Creechurch Lane. In Aldgate Ward (O.S. 1875).
First mention: P.C. 1732.
Called "Thr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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fresh-water herring
n.
In Sydney, the fish is Clupea richmondia, Macl. Elsewhere in Australia, and inTasmania, it is an...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yarmouth herring-boat
A clincher-built vessel with lug-sails, similar to the drift or mackerel boats.
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