Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A porpoise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A porpoise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
porpoise .
Etymologies
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Compare Gaelic peileag.
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Examples
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Did not the devil appear in the midst of the Tay, dressed in a priest’s scapular, gambolling like a pellack amongst the waves, the morning when our stately bridge was swept away?”
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Did not the devil appear in the midst of the Tay, dressed in a priest's scapular, gambolling like a pellack amongst the waves, the morning when our stately bridge was swept away? "
The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801
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