spec. A barrel of herrings, holding six great hundreds of six score each; afterwards 500. Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > quantity of fish > container for (6) cade1337 spec. A barrel of herrings, holding six great hundreds of six score each; afterwards 500. Obsolete. swill1352 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… stick1615 A barrel of herrings packed at sea. Cf. sea-stick n. at sea, n. compounds 6a, steak, n. 2a. cran1797 A measure of capacity for fresh herrings as caught; fixed by the Fisheries Board at 371/2 gallons (about 750 fish). machine1883 A box or case in which fresh fish are sold wholesale. Cf. trunk, n. 8b. Obsolete. trunk1883 An open box or case (containing from 80 to 90 lb.) in which fresh fish are sold wholesale. |
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