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Quotation dates: 1811-1845
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†GUARD-FISH, n.comb. Variant form of Eng. garfish, the green-bone, Belone belone. Also in Cum. dial. Cf. Gairfish.m.Lth. 1811 Wernerian Soc. Mem. I. 541:
Esox Belone, Sea-pike; Gar-pike; Guard-fish. This is occasionally taken in the entrance of the Frith.Abd. 1845 Stat. Acc.2 XII. 262:
Those taken by the fishermen of Pennan, according to their own statement, are the following: Haddocks, cod-fish, ling, . . . thornback, guard-fish.
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