glassock Sc. local.
(ˈglɑːsək, -æ-)
[Cf. glossan.]
The Coal-fish, Merlangus carbonarius.
| 1793 Statist. Acc. Scotl. VI. 290 In summer, glassocks, or says, are got in great plenty. 1810 Neill List Fishes 7 (Jam.), When a year old, the coal-fish begins to blacken over the gills..and we have then a new series of names..in Sutherland glassocks. 1864 Couch Brit. Fishes III. 84 Moulrush and Black Pollack are other names [of the Coalfish], with Glassock. |