rough fishn.

Brit.

/ˈrʌf ˌfɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈrəf ˈfɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rough adj., fish n.¹

Etymology: < rough adj. + fish n.¹ With the specific use in quot. 1763 at sense 1 compare earlier ruffe n. 2.

†1. Any of various fishes with rough scales. Cf. ruffe n. 2. Obsolete.With quot. 1843 cf. roughy n. 2.

ΚΠ

1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. III. 146 The Asper or Rough Fish of Rondeletius, called at Ratisbon the Streaver.

1843 R. T. Lowe Fishes Madeira i. xviii. 55 Trachichthys pretiosus, Black-mouthed alfonsin or Rough-fish.

1876 C. Sankey Extracts from Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield Notes 113 Shagreen, a kind of leather..from the skin of a rough fish, called the shagreen ray.

2. With plural agreement. Fish of inferior quality, esp. those of a species considered too coarse or ill-tasting for general consumption, or unsuitable for sportfishing, and hence formerly caught or bought chiefly by the poor; sometimes opposed to game fish. Also in singular: a fish of this sort.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > unsound or inferior fish

thoke1482

rough fish1816

garbage fish1841

offal1859

shack1904

junk fish1930

1816 W. S. Mason Statist. Acct. Ireland II. 56 Herring boats..are supposed to take 100 maze every season..; besides a considerable quantity of rough fish.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 53/1 The poorer classes live mostly on fish, and the ‘dropped’ and ‘rough’ fish is bought chiefly for the poor.

1912 Techn. World Mag. 17 429 Fishing for ‘rough’ fish is essentially a poor man's game.

1977 T. F. Waters Streams & Rivers Minnesota vii. 149 The gizzard shad, also considered a rough fish, is represented abundantly by young individuals in the summer.

1995 Canad. Geographic Mar. 45/1 One group is studying the possibility of marketing ‘rough’ fish—species such as carp and sucker, which are usually thrown back into the lake.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rough fish
释义	rough fishn. Brit. /ˈrʌf ˌfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈrəf ˈfɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rough adj., fish n.¹ Etymology: < rough adj. + fish n.¹ With the specific use in quot. 1763 at sense 1 compare earlier ruffe n. 2. †1. Any of various fishes with rough scales. Cf. ruffe n. 2. Obsolete.With quot. 1843 cf. roughy n. 2. ΚΠ 1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. III. 146 The Asper or Rough Fish of Rondeletius, called at Ratisbon the Streaver. 1843 R. T. Lowe Fishes Madeira i. xviii. 55 Trachichthys pretiosus, Black-mouthed alfonsin or Rough-fish. 1876 C. Sankey Extracts from Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield Notes 113 Shagreen, a kind of leather..from the skin of a rough fish, called the shagreen ray. 2. With plural agreement. Fish of inferior quality, esp. those of a species considered too coarse or ill-tasting for general consumption, or unsuitable for sportfishing, and hence formerly caught or bought chiefly by the poor; sometimes opposed to game fish. Also in singular: a fish of this sort. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > unsound or inferior fish thoke1482 rough fish1816 garbage fish1841 offal1859 shack1904 junk fish1930 1816 W. S. Mason Statist. Acct. Ireland II. 56 Herring boats..are supposed to take 100 maze every season..; besides a considerable quantity of rough fish. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 53/1 The poorer classes live mostly on fish, and the ‘dropped’ and ‘rough’ fish is bought chiefly for the poor. 1912 Techn. World Mag. 17 429 Fishing for ‘rough’ fish is essentially a poor man's game. 1977 T. F. Waters Streams & Rivers Minnesota vii. 149 The gizzard shad, also considered a rough fish, is represented abundantly by young individuals in the summer. 1995 Canad. Geographic Mar. 45/1 One group is studying the possibility of marketing ‘rough’ fish—species such as carp and sucker, which are usually thrown back into the lake. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1763
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