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Definition of Thorny skate
1. Noun. Cold-water bottom fish with spines on the back; to 40 inches.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thorny Skate
Literary usage of Thorny skate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Statistical Account of Scotland by Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy (1845)
"During the last thirty years, very few of them have been seen here. ff Of the
thornback or thorny skate, a gigantic specimen was taken in the yair at Alloa, ..."
2. Folk Songs by John Williamson Palmer (1861)
"... the mountain gate; And cried, O my gallant sailor, You're brave enough to the
fishes, But the Lappish arrow is keener Than the back of the thorny skate! ..."
3. Gems for the Fireside: Comprising the Most Unique, Touching, Pithy, and by Otis Henry Tiffany (1883)
"... is keener back of the thorny skate T passed, and the Winter from the icy
ocean : om the cave of silver not Brok the Bold ; And Ilda waited and waited, ..."
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