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Dictionary
of Phrase and Fable: Giving
the Derivation, ...
King of the Beggars or Oipties. BamfyTde Moore Carew, a noted English
vagabond (1693-1770). King of the Forest. The oak, which not only braves the
storm, but fosters the growth of tender parasites under its arms. King of the
Herrings (The).
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 1898
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The Encyclopedia Americana: A universal reference library ...
King Vulture. See Condor. King William's War, a war waged by Great Britain and
its colonies in America against France and its Indian allies in 1689- 1697. See
Colonial Wars. King of the Herrings, a fanciful name applied to various sea-fishes
.
George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach, 1904
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The Encyclopedia Americana
III. (I42). King Vulture. See CONDOR. King Wil1iam's War, a war waged by Great
Britain and its colonies in America against France and its Indian allies in I689I697
. See CoLoNIAL WARs. King of the Herrings, a fanciful name applied to various ...
Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines, 1904
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The Americana: a universal reference library, comprising
the ...
King Vulture. See Condor. King William's War, a war waged by Great Britain and
its colonies in America against France and its Indian allies in 1689- 1697. See
Colonial Wars. King of the Herrings, a fanciful name applied to various sea-fishes
.
Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines, 1912
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Fish Stories Alleged and Experienced: With a Little History ...
In the other case, it is the great oar-fish described, called King of the Herrings,
because our Norwegian and Scotch ancestors once believed that it was the
herring's real king, and that to harm it would be to drive the herring to some other
coast.
Charles Frederick Holder, David Starr Jordan, 1909
... because they all believed in the King of the Herrings. Even my father did not
require to be enlightened on this point; for it was a matter of faith with every
fisherman in Glenfyne that the herring shoals were led by a fish who was their
King, and ...
Eneas Sweetland Dallas, 1870
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The Annals and Magazine
of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, ...
Its small number of fin-rays is also ascribed to the above-mentioned specimen
from Stavanger, which is rather smaller (9| feet) ; but this had the caudal extremity
truncated after the usual fashion of the King of the Herrings. Beyond the northern
...
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Natural History
of British Fishes: Their Structure, Economic ...
KING OF THE HERRINGS, OR RABBIT FISH. 47 unlike that of an elongated
carrot with wings. The total length of the largest specimen is thirty-two inches ; the
fins are long and wing-like, and when outstretched they measure from point to
point ...
Francis Trevelyan Buckland, 1880
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Country-side: Monthly Journal
of the B.E.N.A. (British ...
Fishermen in the South of Ireland talk of “ the king of the herrings ”-a larger and
brighter-hued fish than the rest of the shoal, which he is supposed to "lead. On
some of the English coasts, where the shad is abundant, this fish, which
resembles ...
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals
of Literature
The fish is said to be generally oeen either preceding or accom- panying the
shoals of herrings in the northern 6eas, for which reason it is popularly known by
the title of King of the Herrings.' Vol. iv. Partii. 1. 193. It is a singular title, ' king of
the ...
Tobias George Smollett, 1804
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