Herring
['herɪŋ] or ['hɛrɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific.
(noun.) valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled.
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Definition
(n.) One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring (C. harengus) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked in great quantities.
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Definition
n. a common small sea-fish of great commercial value found moving in great shoals or multitudes.—adj. Herr′ing-bone like the spine of a herring applied to a kind of masonry in which the stones slope in different directions in alternate rows.—ns. Herr′inger one whose employment is to catch herring; Herr′ing-fish′ery; Herr′ing-pond the ocean esp. the Atlantic or the English Channel.—Herring-bone stitch a kind of cross-stitch used in embroidery in mending sails &c.—Kippered herring herring smoked and preserved; Red herring herring cured and dried and having as the result a red appearance.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing herring, indicates a tight squeeze to escape financial embarrassment, but you will have success later.
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Examples
- From the point of view of the political hack, Judge Lindsey made a most distressing use of the red herring. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Like his views on immigration and Chinese labor it was a red herring across his path. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Some devilled kidneys and a herring--let's say. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It is an old story--the red herring dragged across the path in order to destroy the scent. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- You can think of them as arrangements by which the red herring is turned from a pest into a benefit. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- You thought you were as dead as a herring two hours since, and you are all alive and talking now. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Smoked herring and salted mackerel are chemically preserved foods, but they are none the less safe and digestible. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The tonnage bounties given to the white herring and whale fisheries may, perhaps, be considered as somewhat of this nature. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- During these eleven years, the whole number of barrels caught by the herring-buss fishery of Scotland amounted to 378,347. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I recognize that the red herring is more often frivolous and personal--a matter of misrepresentation and spite--than an honest attempt to enlarge the scope of politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Herring, built a multiple-wing machine and tried it successfully on the banks of Lake Michigan. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But the herring-bus bounty contributes to no such good purpose. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Woodrow Wilson's diagnosis of the red herring in politics is obviously correct. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Upon every barrel of herrings exported, there is, besides, a bounty of 2s:8d. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A barrel of herrings is supposed to require about one bushel and one-fourth of a bushel foreign salt. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The herrings caught and cured at sea are called sea-sticks. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The herrings had been kept in an open vessel exposed to the air ever since the day they were put into the liquid, and therefore it was not surprising that they had lost their flavor. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Mamma, said Rosamond, when Fred comes down I wish you would not let him have red herrings. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Fourthly, In many parts of Scotland, during certain seasons of the year, herrings make no inconsiderable part of the food of the common people. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This high price, however, may have been owing to the real scarcity of the herrings upon the coast of Scotland. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I have also herrings and a piece of skate which have been preserved for the same time. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The number of barrels of merchantable herrings, therefore, caught during these eleven years, will amount only, according to this account, to 252,231?. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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