pisciculture (pis i kultur)

[F. piscicul ture =Pg. piscicultura, L. piscis, fish, + cul tura, cultivation: see culture.] The breeding, rearing, preservation, feeding, and fattening of fish by artificial means; fish-culture. Pisciculture has been practised from very early ages. It appears to have been in use in ancient Egypt, and was followed in China in early times on a very large scale. It was introduced in Great Britain by Mr. Shaw of Drumlanrig, in Dumfrie hire, Scotland, in 1837. An important branch of modern pisciculture is the propagation and rearing of young fish in artificial ponds, with the view of introducing fish previously not found in the locality, or of increasing the supply of desirable food-fishes. Salmon-and 4510 piscina (pi-sī'nä), n.; pl. piscinæ (-nē). [L.: see piscine1.] 1. A basin or tank, usually ornamental, as for a fountain or a bath; sometimes, a large shallow vase for ornamental fishes or aquatic plants; also, any tank or cistern of moderate size. pismire or floors, being rammed down until it becomes firm. This method is as old as the days of Pliny, and is still employed in France and in some parts of England. pisgy (piz'gi), n. A dialectal form of pixy. pish (pish), interj. [Imitative of a sound made to show contempt.] An exclamation of contempt. In the garden of the piscina [at Fontainebleau) is an Hercules of white marble. Evelyn , Diary, March 7, 1644. 2. Eccles ., a stone basin, in old churches generally established within a canopied niche placed close to the altar, used to receive the water in by or as by the exclamation "Pish!" It is not words that shake me thus. Pish ! Noses, ears, and lips. - Is 't po ible? Shak ., Othello, iv. 1. 42. Piscina in Morning Chapel, Lincoln Cathedral, England. which the priest washes his hands before the celebration of the eucharist, and washes the chalice after the celebration. Now rarely used in the sanctuary, but often in sacristies. piscinal (pis'i-nal), a. [ And fyll all the pyscynes , whiche are in grett nowmber, and myche watir renneth now to waste. Torkington , Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 38. propagated in Australia and New Zealand. Of late years America has taken the lead in fish-culture, under the administration of the United States Fish Commi ion, and millions of ova and fry have been planted in various rivers.