Definition of Phinnock

1. a young sea-trout [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phinnock

philozoists
philtered
philtering
philters
philtra
philtre
philtred
philtres
philtring
philtrum
philtrum moustache
phimoses
phimotic
phinnock (current term)
phinnocks
phiran
phirans
phis
phish
phished
phisher
phishers
phishes
phishing
phisick
phisicks
phisnomy
phit

Literary usage of Phinnock

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

1. The River-side Naturalist: Notes on the Various Forms of Life Met with by Edward Hamilton (1890)
"Is the whiting or whitling of Cumberland the same as the phinnock or herling ? Is the white trout of Ireland a distinct race, or the same species with the ..."

2. The Jurist by Great Britain Courts, Great Britain (1856)
"Reversion, import pHINNOCK i ^ structions to Particulars, with plan?, may be obtained of Thos. William Budd, Esq., 33, Bedford-row; at the Auction Mart, ..."

3. The Jurist by Great Britain Courts, Great Britain (1856)
"pHINNOCK and GALSWORTHY are favoured with in- '-' structions to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, on TUESDAY, June 10, at 1 precisely, in numerous lots, ..."

4. Quarter Sessions Records by Great Britain Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (North Riding of Yorkshire), John Christopher Atkinson (1889)
"... the Whiting of the English side, of the Eden and the Esk, the phinnock of 'he nor'h and west of Scotland, the White of Pennant, and the Silver White of ..."

5. Fishing by Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell (1886)
"Colour 1 In some parts of Scotland, as on the Lochy, for example, the young trout, or hirling, goes by the name of the phinnock, ..."

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