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cramp-fish
ˈcramp-fish [f. cramp n.1 + fish: cf. Du. kram-visch torpedo (Kilian).] The electric ray or torpedo, also called cramp-ray and numb-fish.1591 Percivall Sp. Dict., Torpigo, a crampfish, Torpedo. 1598 E. Guilpin Skial. (1878) 40 And like the Cramp-fish darts..His slie insinuating poysonous iuice. 1655... Oxford English Dictionary
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numb-fish
numb-fish [f. numb a.] The Electric Ray or Torpedo, so called from the effect of the electric shocks emitted by it.1711 Brit. Apollo No. 123. 1/2 A Fish called by Name a Nummfish. 1738 F. Moore Trav. Africa 176 By this time I understood it was a Torpedo or Numbfish. 1774 Phil. Trans. LXIV. 467 The T... Oxford English Dictionary
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cramp
▪ I. cramp, n.1 (kræmp) Forms: 4–7 crampe, (4–5 crompe, craumpe, 5 cramppe, croampe), 5– cramp. [ME. cra(u)mpe, a. OF. crampe (13th c. in Littré), a. OLG. *krambe: cf. MLG. and MDu. krampe, LG. krampe, Du. kramp f., beside OS. cramp, OHG. chrampf, G. krampf m., according to Kluge, a subst. use of cr... Oxford English Dictionary
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maculous
ˈmaculous, a. rare—0. [See -ous.] = prec.1688 R. Holme Armoury ii. 366/1 A Masculous [sic: in the ‘Table’ Maculous], or spotted Cramp-fish, hath the Eyes turned into black round spots. 1735 Dyche & Pardon Dict., Maculous or Maculose, troubled or affected with Spots, Defects, or natural Deformities. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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undulate
▪ I. undulate, a. (ˈʌndjʊlət) [ad. L. undulāt-us diversified as with waves, f. unda wave. Cf. Sp. undulado, F. ondulé.] 1. Furnished with wave-like markings.1658 Phillips, Undulate, Chamolet wrought, or painted like waves. 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. Isagoge, The cramp-fish,..raie undulate and oc... Oxford English Dictionary
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torpedo
▪ I. torpedo, n. (tɔːˈpiːdəʊ) Also 6 -ido. Pl. -oes. [a. L. torpēdo stiffness, numbness, also the cramp-fish or electric ray, f. torpēre to be stiff or numb; = Sp., Pg. torpedo, It. torpedine. Cf. F. torpille, It. torpiglia from the same verb.] 1. a. A flat fish of the genus Torpedo or family Torped... Oxford English Dictionary
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poppy
▪ I. poppy, n. (ˈpɒpɪ) Forms: α. 1 popaeᵹ, popæᵹ, popeᵹ, popei, popiᵹ, 1–4 popi, 4–7 popy, 5–6 popie, 6 poppi, 6–7 poppie, 5– poppy. β. 1 papoeᵹ, papiᵹ, 5 papy, 6 pappy. [Early OE. popæᵹ, papoeᵹ, app. repr. an earlier WGer. *papāg, *popāg, altered from *papāv, -au, *popāv, -au, ad. a. popular L. *pa... Oxford English Dictionary
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