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stickOE

A measure of quantity for eels, usually comprising around 25 eels. Now historical.

mease1332

A measure of herrings (formerly also occasionally of other fish), usually equal to five hundreds (esp. long hundreds; see hundred, n. adj.3); a…

warp1436

A tale of four (occasionally three or a couple), esp. used of fish and oysters.

bind1477

A measure of quantity in salmon and eels.

wisp1521

A bundle or parcel containing a definite quantity (of certain commodities: see quots.). Scottish and nor… of other things, e.g. fish.

cast1587

So many (herrings, etc.) as are thrown into a vessel at once, a ‘warp’; a set of three or four.

strikea1690

error for stike, stick, n.1 20.

turna1690

A measure of various commodities, etc. A quantity or measure by which some fish are sold. Obsolete.

cran1797

A measure of capacity for fresh herrings as caught; fixed by the Fisheries Board at 371/2 gallons (about 750 fish).

toss1851

A measure for sprats: see quot. 1851.

swill1894

spec. A basket in which fish, esp. herrings, are landed or carried to market; hence as a measure, containing from 500 to 660 herrings. †Formerly…

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