herring

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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

• herring

  The devil a barrel the better herring; all equally bad. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• 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

• 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. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• herring pond

  The sea. To cross the herring pond at the king's expence; to be transported. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• shotten herring

  A thin meagre fellow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• 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

• 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...

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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

• 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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• shotten-herring

  A gutted herring dried for keeping. Metaphorically, a term of contempt for a lean lazy fellow. ...

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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.

• 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

• yarmouth herring-boat

  A clincher-built vessel with lug-sails, similar to the drift or mackerel boats. ...

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