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61herring — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ pickled, salted, smoked VERB + HERRING ▪ catch HERRING + NOUN ▪ …
62herring — her|ring [ˈherıŋ] n plural herrings or herring [: Old English; Origin: hAring] a long thin silver sea fish that can be eaten →↑red herring …
63herring — [OE] Just as the hare is probably the ‘grey animal’, so the herring could well be the ‘grey fish’. Old English hǣring goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic *khēringgaz, in which the first syllable could represent the ancestor of English hoar… …
64herring — noun plural herrings or herring (C) a long thin silver sea fish that can be eaten see also: red herring …
65herring cale — /hɛrɪŋ ˈkeɪl/ (say hering kayl) noun (plural herring cale or herring cales) an elongate weed dwelling fish, Olisthops cyanomelas, of Australian marine waters; rock whiting; stranger. Usage: For variation in the plural inflection, see note at… …
66herring — [OE] Just as the hare is probably the ‘grey animal’, so the herring could well be the ‘grey fish’. Old English hǣring goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic *khēringgaz, in which the first syllable could represent the ancestor of English hoar… …
67herring hag — Porpoise Por poise, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally, hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See {Pork}, and {Fish}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any small cetacean of the genus {Phoc[ae]na}, especially {Phoc[ae]na communis}, or {Phoc[ae]na… …
68herring hake — Merluce Mer luce, n. [F. merluche, merlus.] (Zo[ o]l.) The European hake; called also {herring hake} and {sea pike}. [1913 Webster] …
69herring baiting — the quantity of herring taken aboard a vessel for use as bait in trawl fishing for cod on the Grand Banks, Newfoundland …
70herring bone — 1) a large wooden tray with handles, legs and cross pieces used to suspend and carry strung herring to a smokehouse 2) a pattern consisting of rows of short, slanted parallel lines or pieces of material, alternating in direction of the slant row… …
