Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Frostfish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scabbard \Scab"bard\, n. [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers,
escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan.
origin; cf. Icel. sk[=a]lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to
conceal. Cf. {Hauberk}.]
The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is
kept; a sheath.
Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
--Fairfax.
{Scabbard fish} (Zo["o]l.), a long, compressed,
silver-colored t[ae]nioid fish ({Lepidopus caudatus, or
argyreus}), found on the European coasts, and more
abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called
{frostfish} and considered an excellent food fish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tomcod \Tom"cod`\, n. [Tom (see {Tomboy}) + cod: cf. F. tacaud
whiting pout, American Indian tacaud, literally, plenty
fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small edible American fish ({Microgadus tomcod}) of the
Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic
coast of the Northen United States; -- called also
{frostfish}. See Illust. under {Frostfish}.
(b) The kingfish. See {Kingfish}
(a) .
(c) The jack. See 2d {Jack}, 8.
(c) .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Frostfish \Frost`fish"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The tomcod; -- so called because it is abundant on the
New England coast in autumn at about the commencement of
frost. See {Tomcod}.
(b) The smelt. [Local, U. S.]
(c) A name applied in New Zealand to the scabbard fish
({Lepidotus}) valued as a food fish.
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