rough-hound
[rough a.]
A dog-fish, esp. of the large and small spotted species. Cf. row-hound, s.v. row a.1
| 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornw. i. 32 Of flat [fish there are] Brets, Turbets, Dories,..Guilthead, Rough-hound, &c. 1674 Ray Coll. Words, Fishes 98 Rough Hounds, Mustelus. 1710 Sibbald Fife & Kinross 117 Catulus major vulgaris, the Rough Hound. 1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling 191 Of the Bounce, Rough-Hound or Morgay. 1848 Zoologist VI. 1973 Small Spotted Dog, Scyllium canicula. Frequently called ‘rough’ or ‘row-hound’. 1854 Badham Halieut. 430 The dog-fish tribe.., whether the white, blue, or basking shark, the..rough-hound or Bounce, &c. |