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A fish of the genus Aulostoma, having a much elongated tubular snout.

A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing. "The fur-wrought fly." Gay.

A star of the first magnitude, in the constellation Piscis Australis, or Southern Fish.

become unmindful of one's own personality; to be lost in thought. (b) To be entirely unselfish. (c) To be guilty of what is unworthy of one; to lose one's dignity, temper, or self-control.

A European fish (Raniceps raninus), having a large flat head; -- also called tadpole fish, and lesser forked beard.

Forward. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.

Any bird; esp., any large edible bird. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air. Gen. i. 26. Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not. Matt. vi. 26. Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts. Shak.

Privileged or individual; the opposite of common; as, a free fishery; a free warren. Burrill.

ning to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels.

to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.

An American fish; the silversides. Friar bird (Zoöl.), an Australian bird (Tropidorhynchus corniculatus), having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; poor soldier, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus. -- Friar's balsam (Med.), a…

ila. They are remarkable for their long wings and powerful flight. Their food consists of fish which they obtain by robbing gulls, terns, and other birds, of their prey. They are related to the pelicans. -- Frigate mackerel (Zoöl.), an oceanic fish (Auxis Rochei) of little or no value as food, often very abundant off…

A kind of weir for catching fish. [Eng.] Carew.

butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry fish; to fry doughnuts.

ll, spiniform scales found on the front edge of the dorsal and caudal fins of many ganoid fishes.

A salted and smoked fish, as the pilchard.

A long bag net distended by hoops, into which fish can pass easily, without being able to return; -- called also fyke net. Cozzens.

, or duty; an excise. Burrill. He enables St. Peter to pay his gabel by the ministry of a fish. Jer. Taylor.

A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with. [Prov. Eng. Local, U.S.] Halliwell. Bartlett. Upon the gad, upon the spur of the moment; hastily. [Obs.] "All this done upon the gad!" Shak.

A small British fish (Motella argenteola) of the Cod family.