Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BLUCHAN, n. The pollack or coal-fish, Gadus virens. Cf. Blockan. [′blʌxən]Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 76:
Bluchans, little salt-water fish, about the size of Burn trouts.s.Sc. 1887 Jam.6:
Bluchans, name given to those small fish which children catch in rock pools in the South of S[cotland].Dmf. 1934 (per Gall.2):
Bluchan means lythe or saithe.
