sillock
/ˈsɪlək/Scottish (chiefly Orkney, Shetland, and Caithness )
noun
The saithe or coalfish, Pollachius virens, in its first year.
Origin
Early 16th century; earliest use found in Dundee Burgh Court Books. Apparently from the Scandinavian etymon of sile + -ock. In Orkney and Shetland use probably from the unattested Norn cognate of the Scandinavian words listed at sile.
- reversibly
- reversify
- reversing falls
- reversing gear
- reversing lamp
- reversing layer
- reversing lever
- reversing light
- reversingly
- reversing propeller
- reversing thermometer
- reversion
- reversional
- reversionary
- reversionary bonus
- reversion clause
- reversion disease
- reversion duty
- reversioner
- reversion spectroscope
- reversis
- reversive
- reverso
- revert
- revertant