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porgy|ˈpɔːgɪ|
Also 8 pargie, porgie, 9 porgee, -ghee. See also paugie.
[Of obscure and app. various origin; in part = porgo, pargo; in part = paugie, q.v.; also corruptly for pogy, q.v. Much vagueness appears to prevail in the use of the name.]
1. A name in U.S. applied, with or without distinctive adjuncts, to various sea-fishes, chiefly N. American species of Sparidæ or sea breams, but also locally to fishes of other families.
Among the Sparoid fish, applied to a. the braise, Sparus pagrus (Pagrus vulgaris), of the Mediterranean and N. Atlantic; b. Stenotomus chrysops, the scuppaug, scup, or paugie, and S. aculeatus, the fair maid, found along the Atlantic coast of U.S., to the north and south respectively; c. Lagodon rhomboides, also called sailor's choice and pin-fish; d. various species of Calamus found at Bermuda and near Florida; e. one or more species of Lutjanus, called also snapper and grunt. Among those of other families: f. in southern U.S. an ephippioid fish, Chætodipterus faber, also known as moon-fish, spade-fish, or angel-fish; g. in Florida, the toad-fish, Chilomycterus geometricus; h. in California, one of various viviparous perches, as Ditrema jacksoni or Damalichthys argyrosomus. ¶ i. Erron. for pogy, the menhaden.
1725Sloane Jamaica II. 286 The Pargie. It was taken at Old Harbour, and reckoned very good food. 1734Mortimer in Phil. Trans. XXXVIII. 317, 16. Aurata Bahamensis. The Porgy. It is a good eating Fish. 1848Schomburgk Hist. Barbados 668 Haemulon heterodon, porghee grunt..the peculiar noise which they emit when caught, has given rise to the vernacular name. 1849H. W. Herbert Fish & Fishing U.S. 280 The colour of the Porgee is a deep brownish black on the head and back. 1883Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 4) 170 The principal salt-water fishes are:—The Calipeva..Hog-fish..Porgee, Grouper, Sun-fish, Grunts, Croakers, and Drummers. 1883Goode Fish. Industries U.S. 70 Saint Jerome's Creek, Point Lookout, Maryland. A station for the artificial propagation of..the bandy porgy (Chætodipterus faber). 1884Ibid. Sect. I. Plates. Pl. 137 The Margate Fish, Bastard Snapper, or Charleston ‘Porgy’, Sparus pagrus. 1885C. F. Holder Marvels Anim. Life 68 I've tossed a dead porgy to one [sword-fish] and seen him knock it up and down. 1888Goode Amer. Fishes 43 In the North the Sea-Bass occupies the feeding grounds in company with the scuppaug or porgy. Ibid. 80 The Red-mouth Grunt, Diabasis aurolineatus, is probably the Flannel-mouthed Porgy familiar to Florida fishermen. Ibid. 92 About New York, the second syllable of the abbreviated Indian name (mishcuppauog) has been lengthened into ‘Paugy’ or ‘Porgy’. Ibid. 99 Lagodon rhomboides..in the St. John's River,..the ‘Sailor's Choice’ and ‘Porgy’. Ibid. 100 There are other species known by the name of Porgy..found in this region, such as Calamus bajonado common also at Charleston, where it is called the ‘White-boned Porgy’, the ‘Jolthead Porgy’ of Key West, C. megacephalus, C. arctifrons, the ‘Shad Porgy’ or ‘Grass Porgy’ of Key West, and C. macrops. Ibid. 146 The Moonfish or Spadefish, Chætodipterus faber..at Beaufort N.C. where it is called the Porgee or Porgy... Three-tail Sheepshead and Three-tailed Porgee are names said to have been formerly in use among the New York fishermen. 1897H. G. Carleton in Outing (U.S.) XXIX. 329/2 Dibbling with a light rod for little porgies and whiting.
2. attrib., as porgy boat, porgy fleet, porgy steamer; porgy-hunting vbl. n. (see quot. 1904).
1906N.Y. Even. Post 18 Aug. (Saturday Suppl.) 1/2 The ‘porgy’ boats, dirty, snub-nosed..are far..removed in standing from their fellows. 1960J. J. Rowlands Spindrift 211 The porgy boats are built and operated for just one purpose—fishing.
1914W. D. Steele Storm 191 For the first time that season the porgie fleet moved in around Long Point.
1904Scribner's Mag. May 548 When we cruise about, hooking on to any job we can catch, and at any price we can get for it, that's porgy hunting.
1880Porgy steamer [see mackereling vbl. n.]. 1914Oysterman & Fisherman Jan. 7/3 The porgie steamer Long Island which..has been undergoing repairs. |