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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lubfish, n. (e.m.E. lub- (1545), lobfysh(e (1538), a kind of stockfish). —1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 305.
Stockfish. Titling the hundreth iiii li., … lubfish the hundreth xvi li.