† binheadn.
Obsolete.
A kind of freshwater fish; perhaps the Bull-head or Miller's-thumb.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Cottidae (sculpins) > member of genus Cottus (bull-head) > cottus gobio (miller's thumb)
cabochec1425
miller's thumb1440
bullheadc1450
cull1480
binhead1581
cabot1611
river bullhead1763
1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha ii. iv. 353 Angling is excepted, and so is the taking of Smeltes, Loches, Minewes, Binheades, Gudgeons, and Eles.
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n.1581- one's name is mud
- one's niche
- one's nose
- one's number is up
- one's oeps
- one's old, former, later self
- one's own cheek
- one's own dunghill
- one's own flesh
- one's own man
- one's own poke-nook
- one's own pokenook
- one's own proper
- one's p's and q's
- one's paikings
- one's paiks
- one's pay
- one's peril
- one's place in the sun
- one's power
- one's proper person
- one's property is under one's hat
- one's purpose
- one's reach exceeds one's grasp
- one's rent comes in