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▪ I. lythe Sc.|laɪð|
Also 8 lyth, 9 lithe, lyd.
A name in Scotland and Ireland for the pollack.
1769De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. IV. 19 Lyths, Spirlings, Soles..are also caught on the Scottish coasts in great plenty. 1805Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 380 Sea-fish are to be found in the harbour... Scad, called here lyth or lyd. 1836Yarrell Brit. Fishes II. 173 This fish [the pollack] is called Lythe in Scotland..doubtless from its nimbleness and pliancy which the word signifies. Ibid., In Ireland, the Pollack may be traced as occurring..under the names of Pollack, Laith, and Lythe. 1844W. H. Maxwell Sports & Adv. Scotl. i. (1855) 28 A scull of lithes and pollocks. 1873Black Pr. Thule ii. 28 A heavy string of lythe in her right hand.
▪ II. lythe
obs. f. light, 3rd sing. ind. pres. lie v.1 |
