† ˈlobfish Obs.
Also 6–7 lubfysh, 9 lubfish.
[f. lob n.2]
A kind of stockfish.
| [1421 in Rogers Agric. & Prices (1882) III. 312/1 Lob fish.] 1538 Fitzherb. Just. Peas 156 Fyshers that actually labour to take Lyng, Haberdine, Lobfyshe. 1545 Rates Custom ho. c vj, Stokfyshe called lubfysh. 1660 Act 12 Chas. II, c. 4 Sched. Rates Inwards, Stockfish voc̃. Cropling..Lubfish. 1817 Scott Rob Roy I. ii. 32 Stockfish—Titling—Cropling—Lub-fish. |