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  • herring horse — a frame, usually on four legs, used for supporting or holding a load of herring …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • horse — 1) to force a fish in too shore too quickly when angling 2) a frame, usually on four legs, used for supporting or holding, e.g. in carrying fish, as in a herring horse 3) a platform of stones or boards on which split and salted cod are placed in… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • Horse Isle — is a small, rocky, uninhabited island in the Firth of Clyde, in Scotland. The island lies around 1 km west of the mainland town of Ardrossan at gbmapping|NS211427, providing some shelter to the harbour that the Arran ferry sails from.GeographyTwo …   Wikipedia

  • herring gutted — adjective of a horse : having a form usually indicative of inferior quality where the abdomen or barrel narrows sharply toward the flanks …   Useful english dictionary

  • Heath Herring — MMAstatsbox name=Heath Herring nick=The Texas Crazy Horse height=height|ft=6|in=4 weight=convert|250|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on birthdate=birth date and age|year=1978|month=3|day=2 fightingfrom=Las Vegas, Nevada hometown=Waco, Texas fightteam=Las… …   Wikipedia

  • John Frederick Herring, Sr. — John Frederick Herring, Sr. (1795 1865), also known as John Frederick Herring I, was a painter, sign maker and coachman in Victorian England. [http://www.artnet.com/artist/661129/john frederick herring sr.html John Frederick Herring Sr.] on… …   Wikipedia

  • red herring — n. 1) A smoked herring having a reddish color. 2) Something that draws attention away from the matter being discussed or dealt with. ╂ [Sense 2, probably from the use of smoked herrings to lay scent trails for hounds to follow.] Word History: A… …   Word Histories

  • John Frederick Herring, Jr. — John Frederick Herring, Jr. (1820 1907) John Frederick Herring, Jr. (1820 1907) (overview), Rehs Galleries, 2007, webpage: [http://www.rehsgalleries.com/john frederick herring jr virtex.htm Rehs JFH Jr] .] Works by John F. Herring, Jr., top… …   Wikipedia

  • every herring must hang by its own gill — Individuals are accountable for their own actions. 1609 S. HARWARD MS (Trinity College, Cambridge) 85 Lett every herring hang by his owne tayle. 1639 J. CLARKE Parœmiologia Anglo Latina 20 Every herring must hang by th’owne gill. 1670 J. RAY… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • Beating a dead horse — is an idiom that means a particular request or line of conversation is already foreclosed or otherwise resolved, and any attempt to continue it is futile. In British English and Australian English, the phrase is usually expressed as flogging a… …   Wikipedia

  • Fall herring — Fall Fall, n. 1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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