Fish

fish, n.; pi. Fishes, -ez, for which the sing, is 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. i. [fished (fisht), fishing.] To attempt tp catch fish; to seek to obtain by artifice, —v. t. 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 Engirt.') To splice, as rails, with a fish-joint. — Fish/y, -I, a. Consisting of, like, or full of, etc.; dubious; extravafant, like fishermen's stories. — Fisb/-ball, n. A ried cake, made from chopped fish, mashed potatoes, etc. — glue, n. Isingla . — hook, n. A hook for catching fish. „ — -joint, n. (Rail- J| roads.) A splice JjMff gWifbl ffo] tfol So] consisting offish- ^WT la^1 feJ ft^ Ig plates bolted to ^ the sides of adja- Fish-joint. c e n t rails. — -plate, n. One of the wrought-iron plates for splicing rails. — mon'ger, n. A seller of fish. — skin, n. (Pathol.) A disease in which the skin becomes thickened, hard, and scaly.