单词 | billard |
释义 | † billardn. Obsolete or dialect. 1. The Coal-fish, a fish allied to the Cod; cf. billet n.3 ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > pollachius virens (coal-fish) lob-keelingc1325 coalfish1337 lob1357 pollack1427 gull-fish1583 saithe1632 colmey1654 billard1661 rawlin pollack1673 sey-pollack1698 blackmouth1703 billet1769 greenback1772 green cod1776 glossan1780 stenlock179. harbin1806 coalsey1829 rock salmon1831 rauning pollack1835 green pollack1859 coaly1915 1661 J. Ray Itin. (1760) 173 There are the same sorts of Fish taken at Whitby as at Scarborough; and some others they named to us, as Dabs, Billards. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Billard, in ichthyology, an English name for the young fish of the coal-fish..up to a certain size. 1865 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands III. 84. 2. (See quot.) [probably distinct < 1.] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > castrated or capon caponc1000 caponet1570 billard1674 1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 59 Billard, a Bastard Capon. Suss. 1681 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (ed. 3) 322 A Billard is in some places used for an imperfect or Bastard Capon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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