Definition of Saithe

1. n. The pollock, or coalfish; -- called also sillock.

Definition of Saithe

1. Noun. The pollack. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Saithe

1. a marine food fish [n SAITHE]

Medical Definition of Saithe

1. The pollock, or coalfish. Synonym: sillock. Origin: Gael. Saoidheam. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saithe

saints' days
saintship
saintships
saique
saiques
sair
saired
sairer
sairest
sairing
sairs
sais
saises
saist
saith
saithe (current term)
saithes
saiths
saiyid
saiyids
saj
sajene
sajenes
sajiki-seki
sajou
sajous
sakatottari
sake
sake bomb
sakeen

Literary usage of Saithe

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

1. Polydore Vergil's English History, from an Early Translation Preserved Among by Polydore Vergil (1846)
"... plus saithe, with the Parthians, bie cause thei invaded Mesopotamia,) did die at a common village, ..."

2. Ocean Research and the Great Fisheries by Gerard Charles Lisle Howell (1921)
"CHAPTER XVIII THE COALFISH OE saithe The European Catch (Analysed) THE comparative catch in 1913 was as follows : Tons. ..."

3. Works of the Camden Society by Royal Historical Society (Great Britain), Camden Society (Great Britain) (1846)
"plus saithe, with the Parthians, bie cause thei invaded Mesopotamia,) did die at a common village, ..."

4. Loch Creran: Notes from the West Highlands by William Anderson Smith (1887)
"They are both numerous and fearless at present, and are no doubt able to feed luxuriously without much labour, as our lochs are all full of saithe. ..."

5. A Supplement to Dodsley's Old Plays by Robert Dodsley, Thomas Amyot (1853)
"O Faithe, saithe man, what haste thow tolde ? Yf that my howse were made of golde, ... man, saithe Faithe to man. No, no, saithe man, Faithe gone were than. ..."

6. Polydore Vergil's English History, from an Early Translation Preserved Among by Polydore Vergil (1846)
"... plus saithe, with the Parthians, bie cause thei invaded Mesopotamia,) did die at a common village, ..."

7. Ocean Research and the Great Fisheries by Gerard Charles Lisle Howell (1921)
"CHAPTER XVIII THE COALFISH OE saithe The European Catch (Analysed) THE comparative catch in 1913 was as follows : Tons. ..."

8. Works of the Camden Society by Royal Historical Society (Great Britain), Camden Society (Great Britain) (1846)
"plus saithe, with the Parthians, bie cause thei invaded Mesopotamia,) did die at a common village, ..."

9. Loch Creran: Notes from the West Highlands by William Anderson Smith (1887)
"They are both numerous and fearless at present, and are no doubt able to feed luxuriously without much labour, as our lochs are all full of saithe. ..."

10. A Supplement to Dodsley's Old Plays by Robert Dodsley, Thomas Amyot (1853)
"O Faithe, saithe man, what haste thow tolde ? Yf that my howse were made of golde, ... man, saithe Faithe to man. No, no, saithe man, Faithe gone were than. ..."

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