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An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the cod; -- called also pout and whiting pout.

A remarkable ganoid fish (Polypterus bichir) found in the Nile and other African rivers. See Brachioganoidei.

A fish of the genus Priacanthus, remarkable for the large size of the eye.

An English fish, allied to the cod; the coalfish. [Written also billet and billit.]

A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language.

The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free- swimming stage.

A fish of the turbot kind; the brill. [Written also burt, bret, or brut.] [Prov. Eng.]

A white soup made of crayfish.

To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting offer.

ne who, or that which, bites; that which bites often, or is inclined to bite, as a dog or fish. "Great barkers are no biters." Camden.

A roachlike European fish (Rhodima amarus).

An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus Micropterus. the small-mouthed kind is M. dolomiei; the largemouthed is M. salmoides.

A fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis, or Heliastes, punctipinnis), of a blackish color.

A fish; the ruff or pope.

A sort of fricassee with white sauce, variously made of capon, fish, etc. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A large fish of Florida and the W. Indies (Caulolatilus chrysops). It is red, marked with yellow.

A fish. See Bleak, n.

A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidæ; the blay. [Written also blick.]

A marine fish of the genus Blennius or family Blenniidæ; -- so called from its coating of mucus. The species are numerous.

o invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food. Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them. Luke ix. 16.