sea-beefn.
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1594 T. Nashe Christs Teares (new ed.) To Rdr.** A prouerbe..as stale as sea-biefe.
1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. D2v Though such kind of Theeuerie bee more stale then Sea-beefe.
2. The flesh of a porpoise or whale. Also locally applied to various food-fishes (jocularly to herring).
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1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 27 Ling, Sea Beef. [Cf. quot. 1661 at beef n. 2a.]
1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors vi. 97 The porpoise..is harpooned..and its carcass eaten by the name of ‘sea beef’.
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sea-beef n. beef pickled for use at sea.extracted from beefn.<
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