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A california market fish (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) belonging to the Carp family.

States. (b) The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides). (c) The redmouth, or grunt. (d) A market fish of Bermuda (Holocentrum Ascensione). -- Squirrel grass (Bot.), a pestiferous grass (Hordeum murinum) related to barley. In California the stiffly awned spiklets work into the wool of sheep, and into the throat, flesh,…

The principal commodity of traffic in a market; a principal commodity or production of a country or district; as, wheat, maize, and cotton are great staples of the United States. We should now say, Cotton is the great staple, that is, the established merchandize, of Manchester. Trench.

seller or publisher; -- formerly so called from his occupying a stand, or station, in the market place or elsewhere. [Obs.] Dryden.

-- Stock company (Com.), an incorporated company the capital of which is represented by marketable shares having a certain equal par value. -- Stock duck (Zoöl.), the mallard. -- Stock exchange. (a) The building or place where stocks are bought and sold; stock market; hence, transactions of all kinds in stocks.…

ales bought in, as where stock is bought at 100 and the broker is directed to sell if the market price drops to 98.

Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market.

A famous horse market in London, established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall, also used as the headquarters of credit betting on English horse races; hence, a large horse market elsewhere.

An extensive order of bony fishes including most of the common market species, as bass, salmon, cod, perch, etc.

Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.

of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance. Diogenes, one frosty morning, came into the market place,shaking, to show his tolerance. Bacon.

ivilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.

A toll gatherer. "Tollers in markets." Piers Plowman.

Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop. [Eng.] Johnson.

Commodities of the market. [R.] You 'll see a draggled damsel From Billingsgate her fishy traffic bear. Gay.

Capable of being disposed of in traffic; marketable. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

t the top. Most of the existing species are tropical. -- Tree fish (Zoöl.), a California market fish (Sebastichthys serriceps). -- Tree frog. (Zoöl.) (a) Same as Tree toad. (b) Any one of numerous species of Old World frogs belonging to Chiromantis, Rhacophorus, and allied genera of the family Ranidæ. Their toes are…

ll trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]

mbrina, especially the Mediterranean species (U. cirrhosa), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; -- called also ombre, and umbrine. Umbra tree (Bot.), a tree (Phytolacca diocia) of the same genus as pokeweed. It is native of South America, but is now grown in southern Europe. It has large dark leaves, and a sombe…

Not merchantable; not fit for market; being of a kind, quality, or quantity that is unsalable. McElrath.