单词 | black-fishing |
释义 | > as lemmasˈblack-fishing ˈblack-fishing n. Scottish (now rare) the catching of salmon just after they have spawned. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for salmon > manner of wastering1580 black-fishing1794 sunning1843 burning1844 sun-leister1847 1794 J. Sinclair et al. Statist. Acct. Scotl. XII. xxiii. 294 The practice of black-fishing is so called, because it is performed in the night time, or because the fish are then [sc. when spawning] black or foul. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. ii. 24 The holding of a black-fishing, or poaching court. 1898 Aberdeen Weekly Jrnl. 28 Dec. The salmon laws were being gradually more and more enforced... It was our last Christmas at the ‘black-fishing’. 1901 Daily Chon. 15 Dec. 3/3 In those days‘black fishing’ was not the illegality it now is. < as lemmas |
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