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swordick (ˈsɔːdɪk) [Obscure.] A local name of the butter-fish (cf. swordfish 1).1805 Barry Orkney 292 The Spotted Blenny (blennius gunnellus, Lin. Syst.) which, from the form of its body, has here got the name of swordick. 1863 [see gunnel].
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swordfish
ˈswordfish [f. sword n. + fish n.1 Cf. MLG. swertvisch, G. schwertfisch, etc.] 1. The common name of Xiphias gladius, a large fish of the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Pacific, having the upper jaw prolonged into a sword-like weapon; the flesh is used for food. Also extended to other species of the g...
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gunnel
▪ I. gunnel (ˈgʌnəl) [Of unknown origin; Ray regarded it as Cornish.] A small, eel-shaped marine fish, Centronotus or Murænoides gunnellus, common in British waters; the butter-fish. Also spotted gunnel.1686 Willughby & Ray Hist. Pisc. 115 Gunnellus Cornubiensium, nonnullis Butterfish. 1740 R. Brook...
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nine-eyed
nine-eyed, a. (ˈnaɪnaɪd) Having nine eyes. † 1. As an opprobrious epithet. Obs. rare.1694 Echard Plautus Pref. A 3, I'll fetch ye out..for a damnable, prying, nine-ey'd Witch. 1703 Farquhar Inconstant ii. ii, You son of a nine-eyed whore, d'ye come to abuse me? 2. nine-eyed eel, the lamprey. Sc.1810...
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