单词 | huss |
释义 | † hussn. The dogfish, the skin of which was much used by fletchers for smoothing and polishing arrows; the lesser or greater spotted dogfish, Scyliorhinus caniculus or S. stellaris. Also attributive, as huss skin (huskyn, hurse-skin). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > family Scyliorhinidae > dogfish sea-houndc1330 houndfishc1386 hussc1440 dogfishc1450 break-net1585 sea-dog1601 rough hound1602 hound1603 mallet-fish1611 dogship1623 morgya1667 gobbag1716 bone dog1825 roussette1844 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 254/2 Huske, fyshe (K.,H., husk, fishe).., squamus. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 233/2 Husse a fyshe, rousette. 1550–1600 Customs Duties (BL Add. 25097) Huskyns for Fletchers, The skyn vjd. 1612 Bk. Customs & Valuation in A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 328 Skins called..Husse skins for fletchers the skin..vis. 1662 in Statutes at Large, Ireland (1765) II. 415 Huss skins for fletchers, the skin 6d. 1721 C. King Brit. Merchant I. 286 Buck dress'd..Calf..Huss..Sheep and Lamb Skins. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Hurse-skin, the hard tuberculated skin of a fish, from which shagreen is made. 1963 Newnes Encycl. Angling 232/2 Until recently, dogfish have been sold in the shops under the more glamorous name of rock salmon... Today, the recommended names in the retail shops are huss, flake, and rig. 1965 S. Norton-Bracy in Newnes Compl. Guide Sea Angling 117/2 The lesser spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula), a smaller edition of the greater spotted, is also known by many names, probably the best known of them being robin huss... Many anglers seem to think it should have been ‘robbing’ huss, due to its habit of nipping off the bait. 1967 R. Arnold Anglers' Handbk. xv. 161 The most popular dogfish, from the angler's standpoint, is the bull huss, or large spotted dog, or nurse hound. 1972 A. Wrangles Inshore Sport Fishing v. 117 Lesser spotted dogfish... Local names. Sandy dog, dogger, rough hound, blind Jimmy, huss, etc. 1972 A. Wrangles Inshore Sport Fishing v. 118 Greater spotted dogfish... Local names. Bull huss, nurse hound, etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † hussv. Obsolete. intransitive. To buzz. ΚΠ 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 589/1 I husse, I bomme or make a noyse, as a flye dothe..Declared in ‘I hosse’. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) ii. 126 Muche lyke the hussyng of a homble be. 1584 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 67 I feel a hussing thing go from my head. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. iii. iv. 38 We find such a hussing Breez, that sometimes we are not able to ply against it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1440v.1530 |
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