dried herring

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• herring hang — a place where herrings are dried, the fish being hung on sticks (Sussex dialect). Also called dee or deese …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• Red herring — may refer to: * Red herring (narrative), a technique used in literature to mislead the audience * Kipper, a fish having been dried, smoked, and salted * Red Herring (magazine), a magazine focused on the new technology businesses * The Red Herring …   Wikipedia

• silver cured herring — 1) very heavily salted, mild smoked herring 2) herring less heavily salted and smoked than red herring (q.v.)(United Kingdom) 3) a hard dried, salted herring, not smoked (Netherlands) …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• red herring — noun 1. any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑diversion, ↑deviation, ↑digression, ↑deflection, ↑deflexion, ↑divagation 2. a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color …   Useful english dictionary

• White herring — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• red herring — ► NOUN 1) a dried smoked herring. 2) a misleading clue or distraction. [ORIGIN: so named from the practice of using the scent of red herring in training hounds.] …   English terms dictionary

• smoked herring — noun a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color • Syn: ↑red herring • Hypernyms: ↑herring …   Useful english dictionary

• bloat herring — Bloater Bloat er ( [ e]r), n. [See {Bloat}, {Blote}.] The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; called also {bloat herring}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Red herring — Red Red, a. [Compar. {Redder} ( d?r); superl. {Reddest}.] [OE. red, reed, AS. re[ a]d, re[ o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries. r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw. r[ o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r[ a]uds, W. rhudd,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• red herring — noun 1》 a dried smoked herring. 2》 a misleading clue or distraction. [from the practice of using the scent of red herring in training hounds.] …   English new terms dictionary

• Branch herring — Branch Branch, n.; pl. {Branches}. [OE. braunche, F. branche, fr. LL. branca claw of a bird or beast of prey; cf. Armor. brank branch, bough.] 1. (Bot.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English