A haddock dried without being split.
·noun A creel or osier basket. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
See kreel. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vt To <<Castrate>>; to make a capon of. II. Capon ·noun A castrated cock, ·esp. when fattened; a m...
A castrated cock, also an eunuch. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A jeering name for the red-herring. ...
A red herring. ...
A red herring: Yarmouth is a famous place for curing herrings. ...
A red herring; a bloater. ...