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▪ I. coley, n.|ˈkəʊlɪ| [Perh. a contraction of coal-fish n. (see -y6), or f. coalsey n.] = coal-fish n.
1969A. Wheeler Fishes Brit. Isles & N.-W. Europe 274 (heading) Saithe (Coalfish; Coley) Pollachius virens (Linnaeus, 1758) (Gadus virens). 1972Which? May 135/1 Saithe..may be called coal fish, coley, and a whole host of local names from cooth to prinkle. 1982S. B. Flexner Listening to Amer. 210 Many Americans wouldn't know..that a coalfish or a coley fillet is black cod. 1987Financial Times 22 Dec. 5/8 The ships..will fish for cod, haddock and coley off Rockall. ▪ II. † ˈcoley, v. Obs. Also coly, colly. [a. OF. colei-er, coloier, collier to turn the neck, f. col, cou neck (Rom. type collicare): cf. manier to handle.] intr. To turn the neck, turn the head from side to side: said of birds.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. lxxxiv. (1869) 106 While the brid goth coleyinge [colliant], hider and thider turnynge the nekke. 1486Bk. St. Albans A vj b, Yowre hawke colyeth and not beckyth. 1678Phillips, Collieth, a term in Faulconry. 1715in Kersey s.v. Colly. Hence in Bailey. ▪ III. coley obs. form of collie. |