blackmouthn.
/ˈblakmaʊθ/, U.S. /ˈblækˌmaʊθ/ 1. A foul-mouthed person; a slanderer. Now rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > one who slanders
missayer1340
slandererc1340
jurorc1380
third tonguea1382
defamerc1425
malignerc1425
disclanderer1447
praterc1500
evil-sayer1530
ill sayera1533
infamera1533
belier1541
sycophant1548
calumniatorc1550
disgracer1570
infamator1571
depraver1584
calumnier1586
libeller1589
infamizer1593
maldisant1598
oblocutor1603
traducer1603
villainizer1605
vilifier1611
calumner1614
scandallerc1620
scandalizer1632
blackmouth1642
deflowerer1645
famer1646
defamator1658
reflector1681
reflecter1686
asperser1702
bedirtera1742
libellist1794
mud-flinger1839
denigrator1875
mud-slinger1876
tar-brusher1884
libellant-
1642 London Apprent. Declar. in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) V. 307 As some blackmouths have uncharitably belched out against us.
1656 J. Trapp Comm. John ix. 28 Every black-mouth cast dirt upon Christ's disciples.
1953 Landfall Sept. 179 You black-mouth, you night bird, you rogering swine.
2. Any of various fishes with black mouths.† a. Scottish. The saithe or coalfish, Pollachius virens. Obsolete. rare.
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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
1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 144 The Grey-Lord, alias Black-mouth, a Fish of the size and shape of a Salmon.
1923 S. Grieve Bk. Colonsay & Oronsay Index 393 [Referring to quot. 1703] Grey Lord, alias Black Mouth, probably the saithe or coalfish.]
b. attributive. Designating the black-mouthed dogfish, Galeus melastomus.
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > family Scyliorhinidae > member of genus Galeus
thornback dog1668
black-mouthed dogfish1836
miller's dog1836
penny dog1836
miller-dog1848
blackmouth1851
dog1860
galeidan1868
galeid1889
tope1898
1851 List Specimens Fish in Coll. Brit. Mus. 32 Black-mouth Shark.
1866 34th Ann. Rep. Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Soc. 59 Black-mouth Dogfish.
2003 Guardian 25 Oct. (Review section) 9/1 In those parts there be dragons, or creatures every bit as bizarre and horrible: the blackmouth catshark, the greater forebeard [sic], [etc.].
c. U.S. regional. The chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; spec. an immature one.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > member of genus Oncorhyncus (chinook)
red fish1763
spring salmon1776
gorbuscha1784
keta1824
quinnat1829
Chinook salmon1851
coho1869
king salmon1871
silver trout1873
kokanee1875
salmon1884
sockeye1888
chisel-mouth1889
pink salmon1899
spring1900
tyee1902
pink1905
blackmouth1906
chum1908
greenback cut-throat1989
1906 Western Field Aug. 799/1 I think we'd better..go aboard the sloop for a few days and haul for ‘blackmouth’ salmon near the Quilcene wharf.
1947 H. W. Howard Salmon Fishing on Puget Sound 7 These young, immature king salmon are commonly called blackmouth by the sportsmen.
2009 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Nexis) 29 Jan. c5 Winter blackmouth fishing is your best angling opportunity in Western Washington this weekend.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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