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Cob
·noun A young herring.
II. Cob ·noun Clay mixed with straw.
III. Cob ·noun The top or head of anyt...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cob
1) A Spanish dollar.
2) or cobbing
A punishment used by the seamen for petty offences, or irregula...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cob
1) a blow ; likewise to throw. Derb. Also a basket of wicker to carry on the arm ; a seed-cob, or se...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cob
A young herring. Also, a sea-gull. Also, a sort of short break-water so called in our early statutes...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Sea cob
·- The black-backed gull.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cob-coals
large pit-coals. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cob-ibon
an andiron. S.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cob-irons
brand-irons.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cob-joe
a nut at the end of a string. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cob-loaf
a crusty, deformed loaf. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cob-nut
a game, which consists in pitching at a row of nuts piled up in heaps of four, that is, three at bot...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Pickle-herring
·noun A merry-andrew; a buffoon.
II. Pickle-herring ·noun A herring preserved in brine; a pickled h...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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shotten herring
A thin meagre fellow.
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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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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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-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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cob-web morning
a misty morning. Norf.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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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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