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A young herring. [Local, U.S.]

A small European herring (Clupea sprattus) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; -- called also garvie. The name is also applied to small herring of different kinds.

A young herring (Clupea harengus). [Also written sile.] But our folk call them syle, and nought but syle, And when they're grown, why then we call them herring. J. Ingelow.

The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring.

together. [Obs.] Shak. -- Thread cell (Zoöl.), a lasso cell. See under Lasso. -- Thread herring (Zoöl.), the gizzard shad. See under Gizzard. -- Thread lace, lace made of linen thread. -- Thread needle, a game in which children stand in a row, joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding his neighbor, r…

A colorless volatile alkaline liquid, N.(CH3)3, obtained from herring brine, beet roots, etc., with a characteristic herringlike odor. It is regarded as a substituted ammonia containing three methyl groups.

An East India herring (Clupea toli) which is extensively caught for the sake of its roe and for its flesh.

The alewife; -- called also wall-eyed herring.

Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England.