A red herring: Yarmouth is a famous place for curing herrings.
A red herring; a bloater. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vt To <<Castrate>>; to make a capon of. II. Capon ·noun A castrated cock, ·esp. when fattened; a m...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A castrated cock, also an eunuch. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A jeering name for the red-herring. ...
A kind of low two-wheeled cart drawn by one horse, not much unlike an Irish car. ...
A pye made of herrings highly spiced, which the city of Norwich is by charter bound to present annua...
A red herring. ...
A haddock dried without being split. ...
A clincher-built vessel with lug-sails, similar to the drift or mackerel boats. ...