halibutn.

/ˈhalɪbʌt/

/ˈhalɪbət/

Forms: α. Middle English–1500s halybutte, 1600s allebut, 1600s–1700s hallibut, 1600s– halibut. β. 1600s holybut, 1600s–1700s hollibut(t, 1700s hollybut(t, 1600s– holibut.

Etymology: apparently < haly, holy adj. and n. + butt n.¹ flat fish: compare modern Dutch heilbot (in Kilian heylbot, eelbot), Low German heilbutt, heilige butt, Norse heilag-fiski, Swedish helgeflundra, Danish helleflynder i.e. holy flounder: supposed to be so called from being so commonly eaten on holy-days. N.E.D. (1898) enters this under the double headword halibut, holibut and gives the pronunciation as (hǫ·libɒt) /ˈhɒlɪbʌt/.

a. A large flatfish ( Hippoglossus vulgaris), abundant in the northern seas, and much used for food. (Plural halibuts, also collectively halibut.)

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c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 60 Halybutte. Plays fryid.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Qii/1 Halybutte, fish.

1616 J. Smith Descr. New Eng. 30 Cod, Cuske, Holybut [1624 Virginia vi. 216 Hollibut] Mackerell, Scate.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta iv. 75 The Hallibut is a big fish, and of great accompt.

1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 99 Holibut or Halibut.

1744 Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 612 Sharks, Hollybutts, Red-fish, Trout.

1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 358 The hippoglossus vulgaris, or holibut..individuals have been captured nearly eight feet in length, four in breadth, and a span thick.

1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind xi. 302 An Indian canoe was out catching halibut.

b. Applied to other flatfish of the family Pleuronectidæ, as the Greenland halibut ( Reinhardtius hippoglossoides), and the Monterey halibut or bastard halibut of California ( Paralichthys californicus).

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as halibut-killer.

ΚΠ

1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 195 Halibut-killer and gobstick for killing the fish and disgorging the hook.

C2.

halibut-broom n. a disgorger for halibut.

halibut-slime n. a kind of sea-anemone, parasitic on halibut.

Derivatives

ˈhalibutter n. (also holibutter) a vessel engaged in the halibut-fishery.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	halibut
释义	halibutn. /ˈhalɪbʌt//ˈhalɪbət/ Forms: α. Middle English–1500s halybutte, 1600s allebut, 1600s–1700s hallibut, 1600s– halibut. β. 1600s holybut, 1600s–1700s hollibut(t, 1700s hollybut(t, 1600s– holibut. Etymology: apparently < haly, holy adj. and n. + butt n.¹ flat fish: compare modern Dutch heilbot (in Kilian heylbot, eelbot), Low German heilbutt, heilige butt, Norse heilag-fiski, Swedish helgeflundra, Danish helleflynder i.e. holy flounder: supposed to be so called from being so commonly eaten on holy-days. N.E.D. (1898) enters this under the double headword halibut, holibut and gives the pronunciation as (hǫ·libɒt) /ˈhɒlɪbʌt/. a. A large flatfish ( Hippoglossus vulgaris), abundant in the northern seas, and much used for food. (Plural halibuts, also collectively halibut.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > member of halibutc1430 pectinal1646 sole1882 the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > halibut halibutc1430 turbot1555 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Pleuronectidae > member of genus Hippoglossus (halibut) halibutc1430 turbot1555 roughback1795 sand dab1839 witch1874 c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 60 Halybutte. Plays fryid. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Qii/1 Halybutte, fish. 1616 J. Smith Descr. New Eng. 30 Cod, Cuske, Holybut [1624 Virginia vi. 216 Hollibut] Mackerell, Scate. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta iv. 75 The Hallibut is a big fish, and of great accompt. 1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 99 Holibut or Halibut. 1744 Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 612 Sharks, Hollybutts, Red-fish, Trout. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 358 The hippoglossus vulgaris, or holibut..individuals have been captured nearly eight feet in length, four in breadth, and a span thick. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind xi. 302 An Indian canoe was out catching halibut. b. Applied to other flatfish of the family Pleuronectidæ, as the Greenland halibut ( Reinhardtius hippoglossoides), and the Monterey halibut or bastard halibut of California ( Paralichthys californicus). Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as halibut-killer. ΚΠ 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 195 Halibut-killer and gobstick for killing the fish and disgorging the hook. C2. halibut-broom n. a disgorger for halibut. halibut-slime n. a kind of sea-anemone, parasitic on halibut. Derivatives ˈhalibutter n. (also holibutter) a vessel engaged in the halibut-fishery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1430
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