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  • 31herring — herringlike, adj. /her ing/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) herring, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) herrings. 1. an important food fish, Clupea harengus harengus, found in enormous shoals in the North Atlantic. 2. a similar fish,… …

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  • 32Herring Buss — A Herring Buss (Dutch: Haring Buis ) was a type of sea going fishing vessel, used by Dutch herring fishermen in the 15th through early 19th centuries.ConstructionThe ship type Buss has a long history. It was already known around the time of the… …

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  • 33Herring v. United States — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Herring v. United States ArgueDate=October 7 ArgueYear=2008 DecideDate= DecideYear= FullName=Bennie Dean Herring, Plaintiff, v. United States of America Docket=07 513 Prior=Defendant convicted, United States District Court,… …

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  • 34Herring Neck, Newfoundland and Labrador — Infobox Settlement official name = Herring Neck other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = Town motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = city logo = citylogo size = pushpin… …

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  • 35Herring — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Herring peut désigner : Patronyme Herring est un nom de famille notamment porté par : Heath Herring (né en 1978), combattant américain de combat …

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  • 36herring — [[t]he̱rɪŋ[/t]] N VAR (The plural can be either herring or herrings.) A herring is a long silver coloured fish. Herring live in large groups in the sea. → See also red herring N UNCOUNT Herring is a piece of this fish eaten as food …

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  • 37Herring Queen Festival — The Eyemouth Herring Queen Festival (Eyemouth, Borders, Scotland) owes its origins to what was called the Peace Picnic or Fisherman s Picnic. The first Peace Picnic was organised by the late Mr. J. C. Chrystie to celebrate the end of the 1914… …

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  • 38herring — UK [ˈherɪŋ] / US noun Word forms herring : singular herring plural herring a) [countable] a long thin silver sea fish b) [uncountable] this fish eaten as food • See: red herring …

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  • 39herring pond — noun : a great body of water (as the Atlantic ocean or English channel) have been in perils on the great salt herring pond David Humphreys * * * herring pond noun (facetious) The ocean, esp the Atlantic • • • Main Entry: ↑herring * * * herring… …

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  • 40herring-bone — n. & v. n. 1 a stitch with a zigzag pattern, resembling the pattern of a herring s bones. 2 this pattern, or cloth woven in it. 3 any zigzag pattern, e.g. in building. 4 Skiing a method of ascending a slope with the skis pointing outwards. v. 1… …

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