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hog-fish
hog-fish [f. hog n.1 + fish. Cf. Ger. meerschwein, obs. It. pesce porco, Sp. puerco marino, OF. porpeis (:—L. porcum piscem), porpoise.] † 1. The Porpoise, also called sea-hog. Obs.1611 Florio, Pesce porco, the Molebout-fish, or Swine-fish, the Sea-swine, the Porpuis, Hog-fish or Sea-hog. 1686 J. Du...
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sea-hog
ˈsea-hog [hog n.1; cf. G. meerschwein.] 1. A popular name for the porpoise. ? Now rare.1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Marsouin, a sea hog.1686 J. Dunton Lett. fr. New-Eng. (1867) 32 A vast number of Fishes called Sea-hogs, or Porpoises. 1760 Ann. Reg. 97 A porpus, or sea-hog,..came up the river as ...
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rudder-fish
ˈrudder-fish [rudder n.] The name of several species of fish which follow or accompany vessels; esp. (a) the rudder-perch, a West Indian sea-fish; (b) the pilot-fish, Naucrates ductor; (c) the log- or barrel-fish (Lirus or Palinurus perciformis) of America; (d) a bluish fish (Seriola zonata), native...
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rock-fish
ˈrock-fish [rock n.1] 1. A fish frequenting rocks or rocky bottoms, spec. as the name of many unrelated fishes, such as the black goby or sea-gudgeon, the striped bass, the wrasse, etc. Also = rock salmon (c) s.v. rock n.1 9 d. Also with defining terms, as bearded, black, grass, green, etc., applied...
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hog
▪ I. hog, n.1 (hɒg) Also 4(?)–6 hogge, 6– hogg. [First exemplified c 1340, but the derivative hoggaster occurs c 1175: origin unknown. The word may possibly be contained in the OE. place-names Hocgestán (Hogston) and Hocgetwistle; but this is hardly likely. The conjecture that ME. hog represented Co...
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sicken
sicken, v. (ˈsɪk(ə)n) Forms: α. 3 secnen, 4–5 (9 dial.) seeken (5 -enyn), 5–6 seken (5 -ene), sekyn, 9 dial. seaken. β. 3 sikni, 4–5 sicnen, sijknen, sikynyn, 6 sycken, 6– sicken. [f. sick a. + -en5. Cf. OIcel. sj{uacu}kna, MSw. siukna (Sw. sjukna).] 1. a. intr. To become affected with illness, to f...
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porpoise
▪ I. porpoise, n. (ˈpɔːpəs, -pɔɪs) Forms: see below. [ME. porpays, -peys, -poys, a. OF. porpeis (12–13th c. in Godef.), porpais, -pois (Norman dial. of Guernsey pourpeis) = L. type *porcus piscis, lit. hog-fish or fish-hog: cf. OIt. pesce porco, Pg. peixe porco = L. type *piscis porcus. In cl. L. po...
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whiting
▪ I. whiting, n. (ˈhwaɪtɪŋ) Forms: 5–6 whytynge, whitynge, (5 wytenge, -yng), 6 whyting, -yng, whityng, -inge, 7 whytting, Sc. quhiting, quhittine, 8 whitting, Sc. whyten, 8–9 Sc. whiten, 6– whiting. [ad. (M)Du. wijting, also † wittingh, MLG. wîtink ‘aculeja’, ‘amia’, ‘asellus’; app. f. white a. + -...
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snapper
▪ I. snapper, n.1 (ˈsnæpə(r)) [f. snap v. Cf. Fris., Du., LG. snapper, G. schnapper.] † 1. Cant. ? An accomplice or sharer. (Cf. snap v. 3 a). Obs.1532 Use of Dice Play (Percy Soc.) 29 This new nurtured novice..is become so good a scholar, that he knoweth readily his flats and barris, and hath been ...
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pork
▪ I. pork1 (pɔək) Forms: 3 porc, 5 poork, -e, 5–7 porke, 6 porcke, 8 porck, 4– pork. [a. F. porc = Pr. porc, It. porco, Sp. puerco:—L. porc-us swine, hog.] † 1. a. A swine, a hog, a pig. Sometimes distinguished from a pig or young swine. Obs. or Hist.? a 1400 Morte Arth. 3122 Poveralle and pastorell...
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