Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Australia, the fish Centropogon scorpœnoides, of the family Scorpœnidæ.
- noun An obsolete or dialectal form of
gurnard . - noun Same as
garnet .
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- noun Alternative form of
gurnard (fish)
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Examples
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If I be not ashamed of my soldiers, I am a soused gurnet.
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To go to the sewing of Fish, Musculade, Minews in few of porpos or of salmon, bak'd herring with sugar, green fish pike, lamprey, salent, porpos roasted, bak'd gurnet and baked lamprey.
The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery Robert May
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The pots have been set and baited with gurnet; during the two hours 'interval we are anchored.
Impressions of a War Correspondent George Lynch
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If I be not ashamed of my soldiers, I am a soused gurnet.
Act IV. Scene II. The First Part of King Henry the Fourth 1914
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As the tide rises, lithe and glashin, brazers, gurnet, rock codling, and crowds of cuddings come here to feed, and the fisherman, on those rare days, when he can land at all, may count on bringing home with him great bunches of fish strung through the gills.
The Northern Iron George A. Birmingham 1907
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"If I be not ashamed of my soldiers, I am a soused gurnet."
Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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If that is not a great lesson for the young, as well as for the old, then write me down as a soused gurnet.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Elbert Hubbard 1885
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- “If I be not ashamed of my soldiers, I am a souced gurnet,” says Falstaff; which shows that this fish has been long known in England.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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INGREDIENTS. — 1 gurnet, 6 oz. of salt to each gallon of water.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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- “If I be not ashamed of my soldiers, I am a souced gurnet,” says Falstaff; which shows that this fish has been long known in England.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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