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Cross
·noun Church lands.
II. Cross ·prep Athwart; across.
III. Cross ·vi To be inconsistent.
IV. Cross...
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Cross
In the New Testament the instrument of crucifixion, and hence used for the crucifixion of Christ its...
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(Holy) Cross
See Crutched Friars.
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cross
To come home by weeping cross; to repent at the conclusion.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Cross
As the emblem of a slave's death and a murderer's punishment, the cross was naturally looked upon wi...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Fish
The Hebrews recognized fish as one of the great divisions of the animal kingdom, and as such gave th...
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Cross-armed
·adj With arms crossed.
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Cross-banded
·adj A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surface of any piece of furnitu...
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Cross-bearer
·noun A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.
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Cross-birth
·noun Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, ...
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Cross-bun
·noun A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday.
...
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Cross-buttock
·add. ·noun A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, places his left leg a...
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Cross-crosslet
·noun A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses.
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Cross-days
·noun ·pl The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.
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Cross-examination
·noun The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and...
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Cross-examine
·vt To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party.
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Cross-examined
·Impf & ·p.p. of Cross-examine.
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Cross-examiner
·noun One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.
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Cross-examining
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Cross-examine.
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Cross-eye
·noun ·see <<Strabismus>>.
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Cross-eyed
·adj Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.
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Cross-fertilize
·add. ·vt To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with the pollen from another individual...
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Cross-fertilized
·add. ·Impf & ·p.p. of Cross-fertilize.
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Cross-fertilizing
·add. ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Cross-fertilize.
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Cross-garnet
·noun A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an...
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Cross-pawl
·noun ·same·as Cross-spale.
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Cross-purpose
·noun A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory.
II. Cross-...
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Cross-question
·vt To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.
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Cross-questioned
·Impf & ·p.p. of Cross-question.
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Cross-questioning
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Cross-question.
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Cross-reading
·noun The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns,...
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Cross-spale
·noun ·Alt. of Cross-spall.
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Cross-spall
·noun One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position ...
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Cross-springer
·noun One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Il...
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Cross-staff
·noun A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.
II. Cross-staff ·noun An instrument formerly u...
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Cross-stitch
·noun A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch cross...
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Cross-stone
·noun ·see <<Harmotome>>, and <<Staurotide>>.
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Cross-tail
·noun A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.
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Cross-tie
·noun A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.
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Cross-tining
·noun A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges.
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Cross-vaulting
·noun Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.
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Cross-week
·noun Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions.
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Holy cross
·- The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.
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Peltier's cross
·add. ·- A cross formed of two strips of different metals, to illustrate the Peltier effect.
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Red Cross
·add. ·- The crusaders or the cause they represented.
II. Red Cross ·add. ·- A hospital or ambulanc...
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Broken Cross
At the western end of Cheapside. near the church of St. Michael le Querne. Erected by the Earl of Gl...
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Cow Cross
See St. John Street.
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Cross Alley
North out of George Alley, with a passage west to Shoe Lane at No. 32. In Farringdon Ward Without (H...
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Cross Court
Out of London Wall (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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The Cross Keys
Messuages and tenements called the "Cross Keys" and the "Woodwharfe" near Paul's Wharf in parish of ...
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Cross Lane
1) East out of St. Mary-at-Hill to Harp Lane (P.O. Directory), crossing St. Dunstan's Hill. In Billi...
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Cross Street
West out of King Street to Milk Street Market, crossing Laurence Lane (Hatton, 1708-Strype, ed. 1755...
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The Golden Cross
The sign of the Golden Cross in Temys Street, 1538 (L. and P. H. VIII. XIV. (1), p. 220).
No later ...
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Holborn Cross
Near the Conduit at Snow Hill, in parish of St. Sepulchre. (Stow 387).
First mention: "Holbourn Cro...
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Holy Cross
See Holy Cross.
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Minories' Cross
In Agas' map at the junction of the Minories and Little Tower Hill.
It is also shown on Haiward and...
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(St.) Paul's Cross
At the north-east end of the Cathedral (O.S. 1880).
"About the middest of the Churchyard is a pulpi...
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Red Cross
1) In Watling Street. Rent given to parish of All Hallows, Bread_Street (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 1...
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White Cross
In an Inquisition 3 Ed. I. mention is made of water coming down from Smethefeld del Barbican in the ...
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cross dishonest
A cross cove; any person who lives by stealing or in a dishonest manner.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cross bite
One who combines with a sharper to draw in a friend; also, to counteract or disappoint. CANT.--This ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cross buttock
A particular lock or fall in the Broughtonian art, which, as Mr. Fielding observes, conveyed more pl...
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cross patch
A peevish boy or girl, or rather an unsocial ill-tempered man or woman.
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weeping cross
To come home by weeping cross; to repent.
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Southern Cross
n.
The constellation of theSouthern Cross is of course visible in places farther norththan Australi...
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criss-cross
1) A mark in the shape of a cross; especially that of those who cannot sign their own names. Mr. Har...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cross-eye
That sort of squint, by which both the eyes turn towards the nose, so that the rays, in passing to t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cross-fox
A fox whose color is between the common reddish-yellow and the silver-gray, having on its back a bla...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cross-grained
Perverse; troublesome; vexatious.--Johnson.
Or what the plague did Juno mean,
That cross-grain'd...
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cross-patch
An ill-tempered person. A vulgar word, used alike in England and America. Patch is a very old word o...
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criss-cross
The mark of a man who cannot write his name.
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cross-bars
Round bars of iron, bent at each end, used as levers to turn the shank of an anchor.
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cross-bitt
The same as cross-piece (which see).
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cross-bored
Bored with holes alternately on the edges of planks, to separate the fastenings, so as to avoid spli...
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cross-bow
An ancient weapon of our fleet, when also in use on shore.
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cross-chocks
Large pieces of timber fayed across the dead-wood amidships, to make good the deficiency of the heel...
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cross-grained
Not straight-grained as in good wood; hence the perverse and vexatious disposition of the ne'er-do-w...
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cross-head
In a steamer's engine, is on the top of the piston-rod athwart the cylinder; and there is another fi...
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cross-pawls
See cross-spales.
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cross-piece
The transverse timber of the bitts. Also, a rail of timber extending over the windlass of some merch...
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cross-sea
A sea not caused by the wind then blowing. During a heavy gale which changes quickly (a cyclone, for...
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cross-somer
A beam of timber.
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cross-spales
or spalls.
Temporary beams nailed across a vessel to keep the sides together, and support the ship...
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cross-staff
See fore-staff.
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cross-swell
This is similar to a cross-sea, except that it undulates without breaking violently.
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cross-tail
In a steam-engine, is of the same form as the cylinder cross-head: it has iron straps catching the p...
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cross-tide
The varying directions of the flow amongst shoals that are under water. (See current.)
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cross-timbers
See cross-piece.
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cross-trees
Certain timbers supported by the cheeks and trestle-trees at the upper ends of the lower and top mas...
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southern cross
The popular name of a group of stars near the South Pole, which are somewhat in the figure of a cros...
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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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Fish Street
See Fish Street Hill and Old Fish Street.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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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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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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