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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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Pond
·vt To <<Ponder>>.
II. Pond ·vt To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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pond
We give this name to collections of water in the interior country, which are fed by springs, and fro...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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pond
A word often used for a small lagoon, but improperly, for ponds are formed exclusively from springs ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Pond
The ponds of Egypt, (Exodus 7:19; 13:5) were doubtless water left by the inundation of the Nile. Pon...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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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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Dodding Pond
The Soke of the Knightengild included the whole of Estsmithfeld, together with the right-hand side o...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dudding's Pond
See Dodding Pond.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bonding-pond
An inclosed space of water where the tide flows, for keeping timber in.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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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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-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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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.
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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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