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eel-fare|ˈiːlfɛə(r)|
a. The passage of young eels up a river.
b. A brood of young eels (see elver).
1533Act 25 Hen. VIII, c. vii, Any frye, spaume, or brode of yeles, called yele fares, or Ell vares. 1721–1800Bailey, Eel-fares, -vares, a Fry or Brood of Eels. 1836Yarrell Brit. Fishes (1859) I. 54 This passage of young Eels is called Eel-fare on the banks of the Thames. 1883G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads xxxi. 235 This ‘eel-fare’ lasts several days. |