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shotten herring
A thin meagre fellow. ...

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Shotten
·- of <<Shoot>>. II. Shotten ·noun Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone. III. Shotten ·no...

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Herring
·noun One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and allied genera, ·esp. the common roun...

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

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herring
n. Various species of Clupeidae, to which the European Herring belongs, areknown by this name in Au...

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herring
A common fish the Clupea harengus; Anglo-Saxon hæring and hering. ...

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Blood-shotten
·adj <<Bloodshot>>. ...

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Nook-shotten
·adj Full of nooks, angles, or corners. ...

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Shoulder-shotten
·adj Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse. ...

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nook-shotten
spoken of a wall in a bevil, and not at right angles with another wall. ...

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nook-shotten
A Shakspearian expression for a coast indented with bays; as in Henry V. Bourbon speaks contemptuous...

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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. ...

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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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herring-cale
n. name given in New South Walesto the fish Olistherops brunneus, Macl., family Labridae, orWrasses...

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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 ...

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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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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...

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fresh-water herring
n. In Sydney, the fish is Clupea richmondia, Macl. Elsewhere in Australia, and inTasmania, it is an...

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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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