macIntosh, mackIntosh

[After the name of the inventor.] An overcoat or cloak of cloth made waterproof by treatment with a solution of india-rubber. *măck-er-el (1), s. [Old Fr. maquerel; Fr. maquereau = a pander; Dut. makelaar =a broker, a pander; makelen to procure.] A pander, a pimp. mackerel (2), * măck-ar-el, * măck-rel, *ma-que-rel, s. [O. Fr. makerel , from the original Latin word ( mac us or mac a ), of which macula is a dim in.; cf. Sp. mac a =a stain, a bruise on fruit. ( Skeat .)] Ichthy.: Scomber scomber (Linn.), S. scombrus (Cuv.), the Common European Mackerel. Snout pointing, under jaw projecting, gill-covers large and smooth, pectoral and ventral fins in advance of the dorsal; five finlets above and below the tail, vertically over each other; tail crescent-shaped. Above the lateral line the color is a fine green, varied with rich blue, and marked with broad, dark, descending lines, straight in the males, undulating in the females; under parts silvery with golden tints. The home of the Common Mackerel may be broadly described as the North Atlantic Ocean; it is common in the North Sea, and all round the British and Irish coasts. It is an extremely valuable food-fish, and the mackerel fishery is only second in importance to the herring and cod fisheries. *mackerel-gale, subst . A strong, fresh breeze. (Dryden: Hind and Panther , iii. 456.)