(fish) : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: (fish)	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for (fish)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
FishFish\Fish\, n. [F. fiche peg, mark, fr. fisher to fix.] A counter, used in various games.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
FishFish\Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as fishfishjoint, fishfishplate, this word has prob. been confused with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.] 1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See {Pisces}. Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes), Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the fishes. 3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces. 4. The flesh of fish, used as food. 5. (Naut.) (a) A purchase used to fishfishthe anchor. (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard. Note: FishFishis used adjectively or as part of a compound word; as, fishfishline, fishfishpole, fishfishspear, fish-bellied. {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8. {FishFishball}, fishfish(usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small, round cake. [U.S.] {FishFishbar}. Same as {FishFishplate} (below). {FishFishbeam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis. {FishFishcrow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It feeds largely on fish. {FishFishculture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish; pisciculture. {FishFishdavit}. See {Davit}. {FishFishday}, a day on which fishfishis eaten; a fast day. {FishFishduck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser. {FishFishfall}, the tackle depending from the fishfishdavit, used in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship. {FishFishgarth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fishfishor taking them easily. {FishFishglue}. See {Isinglass}. {FishFishjoint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of railroads. {FishFishkettle}, a long kettle for boiling fishfishwhole. {FishFishladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fishfishcan leap in order to ascend falls in a river. {FishFishline}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted hair, silk, etc., used in angling. {FishFishlouse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes, esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus}, {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}. {FishFishmaw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air bladder, or sound. {FishFishmeal}, fishfishdesiccated and ground fine, for use in soups, etc. {FishFishoil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fishfishand marine animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc. {FishFishowl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian species ({K. Ceylonensis}). {FishFishplate}, one of the plates of a fishfishjoint. {FishFishpot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for catching crabs, lobsters, etc. {FishFishpound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. {FishFishslice}, a broad knife for dividing fishfishat table; a fishfishtrowel. {FishFishslide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small fall, or ripple, to catch fishfishdescending the current. --Knight. {FishFishsound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for the preparation of isinglass. {FishFishstory}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett. {FishFishstrainer}. (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fishfishfrom a boiler. (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish, to drain the water from a boiled fish. {FishFishtrowel}, a fishfishslice. {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching fish. {Neither fishfishnor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
FishFish\Fish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fishing}.] 1. To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net. 2. To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fishfishfor compliments. Any other fishing question. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
FishFish\Fish\, v. t. [OE. fischen, fisken, fissen, AS. fiscian; akin to G. fischen, OHG. fisc[?]n, Goth. fisk[?]n. See {Fish} the animal.] 1. To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fishfishup an anchor. 2. To search by raking or sweeping. --Swift. 3. To try with a fishing rod; to catch fishfishin; as, to fishfisha stream. --Thackeray. 4. To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See {FishFishjoint}, under {Fish}, n. {To fishfishthe anchor}. (Naut.) See under {Anchor}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crawfish \Craw"fish`\ (kr[add]"f[icr]sh`), Crayfish \Cray"fish`\ (kr[amac]"f[icr]sh`), n.; pl. {-fishes} or {-fish}. [Corrupted fr. OE. crevis, creves, OF. crevice, F. [82]crevisse, fr. OHG. krebiz crab, G. krebs. See {Crab}. The ending -fishfisharose from confusion with E. fish.] (Zo[94]l.) Any crustacean of the family {Astacid[91]}, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus {Cambarus}. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is {Cambarus pellucidus}. The common European species is {Astacus fluviatilis}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
fishfishn. [Adelaide University, Australia] 1. Another {metasyntactic variable}. See {foo}. Derived originally from the Monty Python skit in the middle of "The Meaning of Life" entitled "Find the Fish". 2. A pun for `microfiche'. A microfiche file cabinet may be referred to as a `fishfishtank'.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
fishfish (Adelaide University, Australia) 1. Another {metasyntactic variable}. See {foo}. Derived originally from the Monty Python skit in the middle of "The Meaning of Life" entitled "Find the Fish". 2. microfiche. A microfiche file cabinet may be referred to as a "fishfishtank". [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-01)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
FishFish called _dag_ by the Hebrews, a word denoting great fecundity (Gen. 9:2; Num. 11:22; Jonah 2:1, 10). No fishfishis mentioned by name either in the Old or in the New Testament. FishFishabounded in the Mediterranean and in the lakes of the Jordan, so that the Hebrews were no doubt acquainted with many species. Two of the villages on the shores of the Sea of Galilee derived their names from their fisheries, Bethsaida (the "house of fish") on the east and on the west. There is probably no other sheet of water in the world of equal dimensions that contains such a variety and profusion of fish. About thirty-seven different kinds have been found. Some of the fishes are of a European type, such as the roach, the barbel, and the blenny; others are markedly African and tropical, such as the eel-like silurus. There was a regular fish-market apparently in Jerusalem (2 Chr. 33:14; Neh. 3:3; 12:39; Zeph. 1:10), as there was a fish-gate which was probably contiguous to it. Sidon is the oldest fishing establishment known in history.