Fish

fish, n. pi. Fishes, -ez, for which the sing, often used collectively. An animal that lives in water. (Zobl.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal, breathing by gills or branchiae, and living almost entirely in the water. The flesh of fish, used as food. — v. [fished (fisht), fishing.] To attempt to catch fish; to seek to obtain by artifice, —v. To catch, draw out or up to search by raking or sweeping. (Naut.) To strengthen, as a mast or yard, with a piece of timber. (Railroad Enoin.) To splice, as rails, with a fish-joint. [AS. Ic. fiskr, Dan. and Sw. fisk, D. visch, G. fisch, W. pysg, L. piscis.] — Fish'er, n. Busine of, or place for, catching fish. — Fish'y, a. Consisting of, like, or full of, etc. dubious extravagant, like fishermen's stories. — Fish'ine , n. — Fish'-ball, n. A fried cake, made from chopped fish, mashed potatoes, etc. — -beam, n. (Mech.) A beam, one of whose — sides swells out like the belly of a fish. crow, n. A small piscivorous bird of the U. S. —cuTture, n. Artificial breeding of fish; pisciculture. gig, n. A striking staff, with fish. —barbed glue,prongsn. Isingla .and line—attached,hook, n. forA hook for catching — fish. -joint, n. (Railroads.) A splice consisting of fish-plates bolted to the sides of Fish-joint. adjacent rails. -plate,cing rails.n. —Onemon'ger,of the wrought-ironn. A seller of fish.plates—for skin,spli-n. (Pathol.) A disease in which the skin becomes thickened, hard, and scaly. — -wife, -wom'an, n. A woman who sells fish.