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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Shad \Shad\ (sh[acr]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species ({Clupea sapidissima}), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose ({C. alosa}), and the twaite shad. ({C. finta}), are less important species. [Written also {chad}.] Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under {Gizzard}), called also {mud shad}, {white-eyed shad}, and {winter shad}. {Hardboaded}, [or] {Yellow-tailed}, {shad}, the menhaden. {Hickory}, [or] {Tailor}, {shad}, the mattowacca. {Long-boned shad}, one of several species of important food fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus {Gerres}. {Shad bush} (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs or small trees of the rosaceous genus {Amelanchier} ({A. Canadensis}, and {A. alnifolia}) Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The plant is also called {service tree}, and {Juneberry}. {Shad frog}, an American spotted frog ({Rana halecina}); -- so called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers. {Trout shad}, the squeteague. {White shad}, the common shad. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hickory \Hick"o*ry\, n. [North American Indian pawcohiccora (Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from pounded hickory nuts. [bd]Pohickory[b8] is named in a list of Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to [bd]hickory.[b8] --J. H. Trumbull.] (Bot.) An American tree of the genus {Carya}, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the {C. alba}, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the {C. glabra}. The swamp hickory is {C. amara}, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter. {Hickory shad}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The gizzard shad. | |
| From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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Hickory, KY Zip code(s): 42051 Hickory, MS (town, FIPS 31980) Location: 32.31655 N, 89.02108 W Population (1990): 493 (211 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39332 Hickory, NC (city, FIPS 31060) Location: 35.73920 N, 81.32622 W Population (1990): 28301 (12701 housing units) Area: 52.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28601, 28602 Hickory, OK (town, FIPS 34150) Location: 34.55597 N, 96.85540 W Population (1990): 77 (35 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Hickory, PA Zip code(s): 15340 | |
