Definition of Podleys

1. Noun. (plural of podley) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Podleys

1. podley [n] - See also: podley

Lexicographical Neighbors of Podleys

podiatrists
podiatry
podical
podiceps
podicipitiform seabird
podismus
podite
podites
poditic
poditis
podium
podiums
podlet
podlets
podley
podleys (current term)
podlike
podo-
podobranch
podobranchia
podobranchs
podobromidrosis
podocalyxin
podocarp
podocarps
podocarpus
podocarpus family
podocarpuses
podocephalous
podocin

Literary usage of Podleys

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1829)
"These podleys are now about three inches in length." Till nearly the end of the month, Fahrenheit's thermometer was daily about 50°. ..."

2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1829)
"Small podleys (fry of coalfish, Merlan- gus carbonarius) are, at this season, in great numbers all ... These podleys are now about three inches in length. ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1827)
"... whom he *' Holm means, in Norwegian, a rocky isle, the resort of sea fowl.' t ' Morten, is young sey or coal-fish; in Scotland they are called podleys. ..."

4. The English Familiar Essay: Representative Texts by William Frank Bryan, Ronald Salmon Crane (1916)
"... over each other's heads, to the much entanglement of lines and loss of podleys and consequent shrill recrimination — shrill as the geese themselves. ..."

5. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"The young ones are often caught by boys fishing off the rocks, and are variously known as podleys, ..."

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