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▪ I. † sheath-fish Obs. [f. sheath1 + fish n.] The razor-fish.
1602Carew Cornwall i. 32 The Sheath, or Rasor-fish, resembles in length and bignesse a mans finger. 1603Owen Pembrokesh. (1892) 126 Sheth or haft fishe. 1672Phil. Trans. VII. 5022 A Sheath-fish, which is very plentiful in New-England; a delicate fish, cover'd with a thin shell and of the colour of a Musle. 1681Grew Musæum i. §vi. ii. 143 The Sheath-Fish, commonly so called from its similitude to the sheath of a Knife. Solen. Vnguis. ▪ II. † sheath-fish Obs.: see saithe. ▪ III. sheath-fish see sheat-fish. |