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gilt-tail
ˈgilt-tail Also 7 gild-tail. [f. gilt ppl. a. + tail n.]1651–7 T. Barker Art of Angling (1659) 42 A little short worme..called a Gild-taile. 1653 Walton Angler iv. 95 The marsh-worm, the tag-tail..the gilt-tail. 1787 Best Angling iii. 13 Brandlings, Gilt-tails, and Red worms. Found in old dunghills ...
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red-worm
red worm, red-worm 1. A variety of earth-worm much used as bait in rod-fishing.a 1450 Fysshynge w. Angle (1883) 30 He hath but one manere of bayte & that is a red worme, which is moost cheyf for all manere of fysshe. 1613 Dennys Secrets Angling ii. D i b, The Pearch, the Tench, and Eele, doe rather ...
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yellowtail
yellowtail, n. (a.) (ˈjɛləʊteɪl) A name (or epithet = yellow-tailed) for various animals with yellow tails or yellow coloration on the tail. † 1. A kind of earthworm: cf. gilt-tail. Obs.1608 Topsell Serpents 307 Othersome againe are yellow onely about the tayle: Whereuppon they haue purchased the na...
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tag
▪ I. tag, n.1 (tæg) Also 5–6 tagge, 6 tagg, tage. [Known shortly after 1400: origin obscure. In senses 1, 2 a, and 3, it is synonymous with dag n.1, which appears to have been the earlier form: if so, tag may have been influenced by association with tack. Some compare Sw. tagg ‘prickle, point, tooth...
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oakam
▪ I. oak (əʊk) Forms: α. 1 ác (pl. ǽc), 3 ooc, 3–5 ok, (4 oek), 4–6 ook, (5–6 ooke), 4–7 oke, (5 hoke, a noke, 5–6 hooke), 6– oak, (dial. 6 oyke, woke, 6– woak, 7 yoake). β. north. and Sc. 5– ake, 6– aik, (5 a nak(e, ayk, 6 eike, 9 dial. yek, yak. [Com. Teut.: OE. ác fem. (pl. ǽc, gen. sing. *ǽc, ác...
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