We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. By clicking 'continue' or by continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie settings in your browser at any time.

Continue
Find out more

Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†FLAG-SIDE, n. comb. Of a split haddock: the flesh side as opposed to the more uneven skin side with the backbone (Abd. 1825 Jam.).Kcd. 1883 Fish and Fisheries (ed. D. Herbert) 114:
The operation differs from Eyemouth style, first that the ventral and anal fins are all cut to the “flag” side of the fish.

[From Flag, n.4, from its general significance of something flat.]

11320

snd