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▪ I. ‖ snoek, n.
(snuːk; S.Afr. snʊk)
Also snook.
[Du. snoek pike: cf. snook2.]
A snake mackerel, Thyrsites atun, of the family Gempylidæ, a large marine food fish found in large shoals in colder parts of Southern Hemisphere oceans. Cf. barracuda. Also attrib. and Comb.
1797A. Barnard Jrnl. in Lives of Lindsays (1849) 388 The fish called snook..when salted and dried, was one of the best fish at the Cape. a1823J. Ewart Jrnl. Stay Cape Good Hope (1970) ii. 13 Snoek, a long oily fish which being caught in great quantities and consequently cheap, forms the principal food of the slaves. 1833Graham's Town (Cape Province) Jrnl. 14 Feb. 3 Phosphorescent glimmerings of a decayed Snoek. 1853Pappe Edible Fishes C. Good Hope 24 Thyrsites Atun. Cuv. and Val. (Snook; Snoek). 1872Hutton & Hector Fishes N. Zealand s.v. Thyrsites Atun, This is, I believe, the fish called snook in Cape Colony. 1880A. C. L. G. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 436 In New Zealand it is called ‘barracuda’ or ‘snoek’. 1889Science-Gossip XXV. 50 The unhappy snoek-eaters wander about like so many grown children afflicted with mumps. 1896Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign i, Old Cape Town just the same as ever... Malays and snoek fish everywhere. 1913D. Fairbridge That which hath Been 73 An old Malay fisherman, carrying his baskets of snoek. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Apr. 301/2 The snoek..is not a pike..but a distant cousin of the mackerel. 1946L. G. Green So Few are Free iv. 57 Snoek are caught by each boat's crew at the rate of a thousand to three thousand a day. 1963S. Cooper in Sissons & French Age of Austerity 51 In October 1947..the hungry British first heard the word ‘snoek’. Ten million tins of it from South Africa were to replace Portuguese sardines. 1974Stand. Encyl. S. Afr. X. 28/1 The snoek is also an important food fish in Australia.
▪ II. snoek, v. S. Afr.
(snuːk; S.Afr. snʊk)
[f. the n.]
intr. To fish for snoek. Hence ˈsnoeker; ˈsnoeking vbl. n.
1913W. W. Thompson Sea Fisheries Cape Colony ii. 50 It is a pretty sight to watch a fleet of fishing boats snoeking under sail. 1937L. G. Green Great Afr. Mysteries xii. 137 The total catch by all the snoeking vessels often amounts to a million fish. 1950Cape Argus 28 Oct. (Mag. Section) 3 Fishermen declare that China snoek are caught after the ordinary snoeking season is over. 1952L. G. Green Lords of Last Frontier xxi. 299 Snoeking, a trade that has prospered here for forty years, keeps a grand fleet of small craft in commission. 1959Cape Times 5 May 2/7 (heading) Snoeker found ringed bird. Ibid., While snoeking at St. Helena Bay, John Mentor..found a dead black sea-duiker. |