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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1680-1700+
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Gaudn(i)e, n. [Of obscure origin.] ‘The yellow gurnard or dragonet of Pennant’ (J). — c 1680 Coll. Aberd. & B. 98.
The seas abound with fishes, such as … seaths, podlers, gaudnes [etc.] a1710 Sibbald Fife (1803) 129.
The Gaudnie, as the fishers call it
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