fishpugh (fishpug)

A one-pronged fork or spear used in handling fish. C. Hallock. [Nova Scotia.] fish-refuse (fish'ref"ūs), n. A general name of any one of the several conditions or stages through which fish-scrap pa es in the manufacture of fish-guano. fish-roe (fish'rō), n. The roe of fish. It is much used for bait, a small quantity being secured to the hook in a bit of mosquito-netting or by means of woolen threads. For this purpose fresh roe is the best; but it can be preserved for a year in equal parts of salt and saltpeter. fish-roomt (fish'röm), n. On an English man of-war, a small storeroom in the after hold where fish and sometimes spirits were kept. Hamersly.