Hypertext Webster Gateway: "paugy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scup \Scup\, n. [Contr. fr. American Indian mishc[`u]p, fr.
mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zo["o]l.)
A marine sparoid food fish ({Stenotomus chrysops}, or {S.
argyrops}), common on the Atlantic coast of the United
States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the
daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night
and when dead. Called also {porgee}, {paugy}, {porgy},
{scuppaug}.
Note: The same names are also applied to a closely allied
Southern species. ({Stenotomus Gardeni}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Paugie \Pau"gie\, Paugy \Pau"gy\, n.; pl. {Paugies}. [Corrupted
from Amer. Indian mishcuppauog. See {Scup}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The scup. See {Porgy}, and {Scup}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Porgy \Por"gy\, n.; pl. {Porgies}. [See {Paugie}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The scup.
(b) The sailor's choice, or pinfish.
(c) The margate fish.
(d) The spadefish.
(e) Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf
fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given
locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish.
[Written also {porgee}, {porgie}, and {paugy}.]
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