salmonn.1adj.
/ˈsamən/, U.S. /ˈsæmən/ A. n.1
1. † d. Phrase. to seek for a salmon's nest. (Cf. mare's nest n.) Obsolete.
a. A large fish belonging to the genus Salmo, family Salmonidæ, esp. Salmo salar, comprising the largest fish of this family, which when mature are characterized by having red flesh, and a silvery skin marked with large black and red spots; highly prized as an article of food.In modern use the collective singular takes the place of the plural; salmons being used only in scientific language to denote different species, or, rarely, individual specimens.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > member of
salmona1387
salmonoid1842
red fish1851
salmonid1869
the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > salmon
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nerka1764
spring salmon1776
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > salmo salar (salmon)
laxc725
salmona1387
cock1677
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 407 They eteþ hote samoun alway.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 13 Þere is grete plente of small fische, of samon, and of elys.
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 5446 And of perches, & of salmouns, Token & eten grete foysouns.
a1400 Coer de L. 3515 Fysch, flesch, salmoun, and cungyr.
a1400 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 354 Euerych cart comynge in-to towne wiþ samown.
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 15365 Swettere than samoun.
c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 823 Sewes on fishe dayes..The baly of þe fresche samon.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 576 He wrocht Gynnys, to tak geddis & salmonys.
1515 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 67 Of my ferme of my fyshynges in Yarom I give her ij salmons yerely.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 100 Thay saw the Scottis eit rawe Salmonte, new drawen out of the flude.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 158 She that in wisedome, neuer was so fraile, To change the Codshead for the Salmons taile. View more context for this quotation
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler vi. 133 The Salmon is ever bred in the fresh Rivers..and never grows big but in the Sea. View more context for this quotation
1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 150 Now safe the stately Sawmont sail.
1819 W. Scott Let. 15 Apr. (1933) V. 353 Where I lie as my old grieve Tom Purdie said last night,..‘like a haulded saumon’.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) viii. 76 ‘It wasn't the wine,’ murmured Mr. Snodgrass, in a broken voice. ‘It was the salmon.’
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 88 Male salmons have been seen fighting all day long.
1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 87 The ‘blue poll’ and ‘blue cock’ of the Fowey in Cornwall,..are sold in Billingsgate as ‘Cornish salmon’.
1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland I. Introd. 71 The so-termed land-locked salmon..might prove invaluable to upper riparian proprietors.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 222/1 In North America there occurs one Salmonoid..viz., Salmo salar, var. sebago, L... This form is called variously the Landlocked Salmon or the Schoodic Salmon.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 225/1 A salmon newly arrived in fresh water from the sea is called a clean salmon, on account of its bright, well-fed appearance.
b. Applied to fishes belonging to other genera of the same family; esp., a fish of any of the species of the genus Oncorhynchus, called the Pacific salmon.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > member of genus Oncorhyncus (chinook)
red fish1763
spring salmon1776
gorbuscha1784
keta1824
quinnat1829
Chinook salmon1851
coho1869
king salmon1871
silver trout1873
kokanee1875
salmon1884
sockeye1888
chisel-mouth1889
pink salmon1899
spring1900
tyee1902
pink1905
blackmouth1906
chum1908
greenback cut-throat1989
1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 468 According to the latest system..the first [group] for which the name Salmo is retained includes the Atlantic Salmon, and the black-spotted species of the west [etc.]... In this same group are included the Quinnat, or California Salmon, and its allies... These have been placed in the genus Oncorhynchus.
1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 480 The Pacific Salmon... The English-speaking people call it [Oncorhynchus gorbuscha] generally the ‘Hump-back Salmon’, and often the ‘Dog Salmon’... This is one of the smallest Salmons.
1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 482 The Blue-back is the most graceful of the Salmons.
1888 W. S. Caine Trip round World viii. 122 The Pacific salmon takes no bait or fly in fresh water, but may be taken readily in salt water.
c. Applied to fishes resembling a salmon, but not belonging to the Salmonidæ. (a) In U.S., the squeteague n.; also the pike-perch (see pike n.3). (b) In Australia and New Zealand, Arripis salar.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Percidae (perches) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types
perch1381
coracine1625
black-tail1735
grey bass1747
salmon1798
whiting perch1803
brasse1847
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sciaenidae (drums) > [noun] > member of genus Cynoscion (squeteague)
bass1530
trout1604
weakfish1686
sea bass1765
corvina1787
salmon1798
sheep's head1836
squeteague1838
grey trout1856
white trout1861
roncador1867
shad-trout1884
squit1884
bastard trout1888
wheat-fish1888
yellowfin1888
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Percidae (perches) > [noun] > genus Stizostedion (pike-perches) > pike-perch
salmon1798
sudak1799
pikeperch1834
yellow pike1835
perch-pike1884
glass-eyed pike1890
1798 D. Collins Acct. Eng. Colony New S. Wales I. 136 A fish, named by us, from its shape only, the salmon.
1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 393 Arripis salar, South Australia. Three species are known, from the coasts of Southern Australia and New Zealand. They are named by the colonists Salmon or Trout.
1884 Cent. Mag. Apr. 908/1 The pike-perch becomes a ‘salmon’ in the Susquehanna, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers.
1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 365 [The Spotted Squeteague] is usually known on the Southern coast as the ‘Salmon’ or ‘Spotted Trout’.
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1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper 30 Where hast ti bene, why man, cha bin a seeking for a Samons nest.
2. The name of a kind of potato with red ‘flesh’.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > potato > types of
baker1651
Irish potato1664
sprout1771
London lady1780
ox-noble1794
pink-eye1795
kidney1796
Suriname1796
round1800
yam potato1801
bluenose1803
yam1805
bead-potato1808
Murphy1811
lumper1840
blue1845
salmon1845
merino1846
regent1846
pink1850
redskin potato1851
fluke1868
snowflake1882
magnum1889
ware1894
snowdrop1900
King Edward1902
Majestic1917
red1926
fingerling1930
Pentland1959
chipper1961
Maris Peer1963
Maris Piper1963
1845 Morning Chron. 22 Nov. 5/2 The salmons are considered a good potato for the chalky soil; they are what in some parts are called red kidneys.
1845 Morning Chron. 22 Nov. 5/3 Salmon potatoes.
3. Short for salmon-colour n. at Compounds 3.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > pale red or pink
incarnationa1475
carnation?1533
peach colour1573
maiden's blush1598
maiden blush1600
flesh-colour1611
gridelinc1640
incarnadine1661
pinka1669
peach bloom1716
pompadour1761
rose pink1772
salmon-colour1813
orange-pink1820
peachiness1820
maiden rose1827
pinkiness1828
peach-blow1829
peach1831
pink madder1835
flesh-tint1839
pinkness1840
rose du Barry1847
flesh1852
almond1872
ash of roses1872
nymph-pink1872
rose Pompadour1872
salmon1873
pinkishness1874
mushroom1884
salmon-pink1884
naturelle1887
shell-pink1887
sunrise1890
sultan pink1899
mushroom colour1900
sunblush1925
flesh tone1931
magnolia1963
1873 C. M. Yonge Pillars of House II. xiv. 53 What our paper may have been in its earlier stages of existence I am not prepared to say; but since I can remember..the wall presented every nuance of purplish salmon.
1892 Gardeners' Chron. 27 Aug. 245/1 Hollyhocks, ranging in colour from pure white through yellows to salmons, pinks [etc.].
1892 E. Lawless Grania I. 87 The horizon was tinged with faint salmon.
B. adj.
[The noun used attributively: compare A. 3] Of the colour of the flesh of salmon; a kind of orange-pink. Also in combinations, as salmon-pink, salmon-red, salmon-rose.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > pale red or pink
incarnatea1533
fleshy1555
incarnation1562
pallet1565
peach1583
bepurfurate1584
blush1597
carnation1598
peachy1599
peach-coloured1600
pink-coloured1600
incarnadine1605
pink1607
blush-coloured1626
blushy1626
gridelin1652
carnationeda1658
pinky1661
carneous1673
peach blossom1702
flesh-coloured1703
flesh-colour1711
mushroom-coloured1770
salmon-coloured1776
pinkish1785
salmon1786
blush-tinted1818
flesh-red1819
naturelle1873
flesh-pink1882
lilac-pink1882
pinksome1913
nude1922
magnolia-pink1931
salmony1935
magnolia1963
the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > pale red or pink
incarnationa1475
carnation?1533
peach colour1573
maiden's blush1598
maiden blush1600
flesh-colour1611
gridelinc1640
incarnadine1661
pinka1669
peach bloom1716
pompadour1761
rose pink1772
salmon-colour1813
orange-pink1820
peachiness1820
maiden rose1827
pinkiness1828
peach-blow1829
peach1831
pink madder1835
flesh-tint1839
pinkness1840
rose du Barry1847
flesh1852
almond1872
ash of roses1872
nymph-pink1872
rose Pompadour1872
salmon1873
pinkishness1874
mushroom1884
salmon-pink1884
naturelle1887
shell-pink1887
sunrise1890
sultan pink1899
mushroom colour1900
sunblush1925
flesh tone1931
magnolia1963
1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 234 Radishes..both of the common short top and salmon kinds. [Cf. quot. 1824 at salmon-coloured adj.]
1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter II. ii. 65 A..room, painted white and salmon.
1882 Garden 1 Apr. 223/2 Large blossoms..of a beautiful, deep, salmon-pink colour.
1882 Garden 29 Apr. 299/3 Carnations..Conqueror, salmon-rose.
1884 Cassell's Family Mag. May 371/1 Blues, greens..salmon-pink, and the deeper crevette, or shrimp-pink.
1885 W. Black White Heather iii Just over them was a line of gleaming salmon-red.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 558 The patches in such parts may then assume a salmon tinge.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 573 The colour of the base has more of a salmon hue when fresh.
1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Home Handicrafts 38 A good salmon tint is produced by adding to the dissolved whiting a little of the same [venetian] red.
1979 Country Life 24 May 1618/3 The salmon-pink of dawn.
Compounds
General attributive. C1.
a. Simple attributive. † salmon lumber-pie n. Obsolete† salmon pie n. Obsolete
salmon boat n.
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1894 Rudder Mar. 77 White Class—Salmon boat, Canthelpit, Captain Jacobsen.
1905 J. London Tales of Fish Patrol 23 The salmon boat got out its oars.
salmon farm n.
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1868 W. Peard Pract. Water-farming i. 10 The..construction of a Salmon-farm.
salmon fishery n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > hatchery
salmon fishery1732
hatchery1857
fish-hatchery1885
1732 Cal. State Papers: Colonial Ser. (Publ. Rec. Office) (1939) XXXIX. 226 The salmon fishery is still carried on in the several rivers and to advantage.
1763 Ann. Reg. 1762 ii. 53/1 A gentleman who resides at Berwick, near the great salmon-fishery.
1888 W. S. Caine Trip round World viii. 121 A fresh development of the salmon fishery has sprung up.
salmon hatchery n.
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1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 224/2 (note) The first important series of experiments..was made at the salmon-hatchery of Stormontfield.
salmon heck n. (heck n.1 2.)
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a1774 J. S. in R. Fegusson Poems (1785) 222 Ise tak ye up Tweed's bonny side..And shaw you there the fisher's pride, A Sa'mon kettle.
salmon hutch n. (hutch n. 3a.)
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1868 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench 3 289 In this side-stream..the said salmon-hutch or hutches are situated.
salmon kettle n. (kettle n. 2a.)
salmon leister n.
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1665 R. May Accomplisht Cook (ed. 2) Index Salmon lumber pie.
salmon mousse n.
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1936 D. Lucas & R. Hume Au Petit Cordon Bleu 43 Put a little of the aspic into a pan... Run a thin coating of this jelly on the top of the salmon mousse.
1972 K. Stewart Times Cookery Bk. vi. 84 Salmon mousse... Allow several hours for mousse to chill.
salmon paste n. (paste n. 5.)
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1917 Harrods Gen. Catal. p. lxvii/6 Salmon.. and Shrimp Paste.]
1939 T. S. Eliot Old Possum's Bk. Pract. Cats 45 You might now and then supply..Some potted grouse, or salmon paste.
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1661 W. Rabisha Whole Body Cookery 127 To bake a Salmon Pie to be eaten hot.
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ix. 115 A Salmon Pye.
salmon rawn n. (Scottish)
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1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. vi. 125 The water being in such a rare trim for the saumon raun, he couldna help taking a cast.
salmon river n.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > types of river > [noun] > specific
headwater1535
Sabbatical river1613
salt river1659
tide-river1739
river pirate1743
salmon river1753
artery1787
warp-river1799
feeder1825
lost river1843
banker1848
tidal river1877
pirate1889
the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > salmo salar (salmon) > habitat
salmon river1753
redd1808
salmon pool1866
stand1871
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Salmon The richest salmon river in France.
1771 G. Cartwright Jrnl. 29 May (1792) I. 127 At the head of this place we found a very fine salmon river.
1886 Critic (N.Y.) 16 Oct. 183 A map and an annotated list of salmon-rivers locate them chiefly north of the St. Lawrence.
1968 R. M. Patterson Finlay's River 88 The Yukon, a salmon river with a name nobody had ever heard of and which was not to be found on any map.
salmon roe n.
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1832 W. Scott Redgauntlet (new ed.) I. vi. 95 (note) The bait made of salmon-row salted and preserved.
1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling vii. 231 The only things I resolutely bar..are salmon-roe and wasp-grub.
salmon spear n.
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1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. F vj Their leysters or sammon speres.
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 31 An instrument somewhat like the Sammon-speare.
salmon stream n.
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1847 T. T. Stoddart Angler's Compan. xv. 284 Let the angler take his place at the head of the cast or salmon stream.
b. In names applied (chiefly locally) to a young salmon indicating the different stages of its growth.
salmon-fry n.
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1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. ii. 265 Salmon-Fry are taken with a fine Hair-line.
salmon mort n.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > salmo salar (salmon) > in third year
mortc1490
trout1604
yellowbelly1775
salmon mort1893
1893 J. Watson Confessions Poacher 168 There were 90 trout, 37 salmon-mort, and 2 salmon.
salmon peal n.
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1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 7 The yonge frye,..called lakspynkes smowtis or salmon pele.
salmon pink n.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > salmo salar (salmon) > young > parr
graveling1587
pinka1641
tecon1653
fingering1686
brandling1754
laspring1760
parr1771
wrack-rider1794
salmon pink1805
fingerling1829
farthing-trout1865
1805 J. Duncumb Agric. Herefordsh. 16 The spawn..are in some parts termed salmon-fry or salmon-pinks.
salmon smelt n.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > salmo salar (salmon) > in second year or smolt
fry1389
smolt1469
sprod1617
smelta1634
skegger1653
salmonsews1672
salmon smelt1681
hepper1861
fish-fry1951
1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum xi. 79 Salmon smelts.
salmon sprint n.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > salmo salar (salmon) > young
gilling1366
salmonet1576
springling1647
samlet1653
skegger1653
Samson1769
skirling1776
salmon sprint1790
summer cock1790
palmer trout1836
girling1861
springling1873
1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Suppl. Salmon-sprint, a young salmon. North.
c. In the names of appliances used in angling for salmon.
salmon bait n.
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1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 51 Salmon baits.
salmon fly n.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > salmon flies
salmon fly1704
kingfisher?1758
tartan1837
goldfinch1845
parr-tail1847
baker1848
butcher1860
Jock Scott1866
claret1867
colonel1867
king1867
major1867
Shannon fly1867
wasp1867
chimney-sweep1872
Jack Scott1874
hornet1876
winesop black1876
mystery1880
1704 Dict. Rusticum at Fishing-flies Salmon-Flys.
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports v. ii. 246/1 Salmon-flies are made on the same principle as the trout-flies.
1927 M. Asquith Lay Serm. v. 106 The Durham Ranger and Black Dog are salmon-flies.
salmon gaff n.
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1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 669/3 Gaffs..Salmon and Pike.]
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 532 Follow the footpeople with knotty sticks, salmongaffs.
salmon leister n.
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1834 M. Scott Cruise of Midge vi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 195/2 Allan Harden came running up the stairs, with a salmon lister in one hand.
1881 J. Grant Cameronians I. iv. 52 In the hall hung..salmon-listers, whips [etc.].
salmon line n.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fishing-line > [noun] > other types of line
ground-linea1450
ledger-line1653
gildert1681
kipping-linec1686
fly-line1706
night line1726
trout-line1789
train line1828
runner1835
salmon line1850
loop-line1859
stray-line1879
dandy-line1882
kelp line1884
cross-line1891
free line1913
flatline1950
multistrand1960
flatliner1984
1850 ‘Ephemera’ & A. Young Bk. Salmon 16 Salmon-lines.
salmon reel n.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > reel > [noun] > types of
click reel1824
salmon reel1841
multiplier1847
salmon winch1883
casting-reel1892
check-reel1892
Nottingham1898
1841 T. South Fly Fisher's Handbk. ii. 13 Salmon Reel Lines.
1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 51 Salmon Reels.
salmon rod n.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > rod > [noun] > types of rod
pole1577
telescope pole1675
fly-rod1684
dopper1688
whipper1688
bag-rod1787
telescope rod1820
salmon rod1841
greenheart1869
spinning-rod1870
loop-rod1885
roach pole1892
trunk-rod1893
sea-rod1902
1841 T. South Fly Fisher's Handbk. iii. 40 The salmon-rod should consist of four parts.
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salmon tackle n.
salmon winch n.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > reel > [noun] > types of
click reel1824
salmon reel1841
multiplier1847
salmon winch1883
casting-reel1892
check-reel1892
Nottingham1898
1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 51 Salmon Winches.
d.
salmon-like adj.
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a1625 King James VI & I in J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) vii. 529 [A longing he had to see the place of his breeding,] a Salmon-like instinct [so he was pleased to call it].
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a. Objective.
salmon-breeding adj.
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1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 447/2 Salmon-breeding ponds.
salmon-fisher n.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > for salmon
lax-fisher1543
black-fisher1643
salmon-fisherc1650
amphibiia1678
leisterer1843
c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 63 The salmound fisheris rowit cobles and netis to catche it.
a1678 A. Marvell Upon Appleton House in Misc. Poems (1681) 103 And now the Salmon-Fishers moist Their Leathern Boats begin to hoist.
1771 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1769 148 Near is a cave, where the Salmon-fishers lie during the season.
1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby vi. 118 He had been beating his way along the south shore of Lake Superior as a clam-digger and a salmon-fisher.
salmon-rearing adj.
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1884 Encycl. Brit. (1886) XXI. 226/2 Salmon-rearing establishments.
salmon spearer n.
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1899 Daily News 29 June 6/3 The fly-fishers and salmon spearers.
salmon spearing n.
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1879 E. Dowden Southey vi. 144 The guests went salmon-spearing on the Tweed.
b. Instrumental.
salmon-haunted adj.
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1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 33 The silvery and salmon-haunted Tweed.
C3. Special combinations.† salmon bellows n. Obsolete ? the sound or air bladder of a salmon.
salmon bass n. South African = kabeljou n.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sciaenidae (drums) > [noun] > member of genus Johnius (kabeljou)
kabeljou1731
Cape salmon1846
kob1906
salmon bass1929
1929 Hardy's Anglers' Guide (ed. 51) 48 The Kabeljaauw, known in Natal as Salmon Bass..runs to as much as 150 lbs.
1957 S. Schoeman Strike! iii. 70 The very big ones are variously referred to as..salmon, salmon bass and often even Cape salmon if caught from East London to Durban.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > salmo salar (salmon) > parts of
salmon bellowsc1460
gib1818
helm1861
parr marks1880
c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 719 Musclade or menows, with þe Samoun bellows.
salmon belly n. U.S. the belly of a salmon prepared for food by pickling.
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1883 G. B. Goode Rev. Fishery Industries U.S. (Fish. Exhib. Lit. 1884 V.) 32 Pickled salmon-belly is a favourite delicacy of the region.
salmon berry n. U.S. North American any of several species of Rubus, esp. the white-flowered R. chamæmorus and R. parviflorus or the pink-flowered western raspberry, R. spectabilis; also attributive.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > cloudberry or salmon berry bush
cloudberry1597
knotberry1633
mountain bramble1728
baked apple1750
averin1768
noop1817
Scotch cap1828
salmon berry1844
queen's berry1854
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [adjective] > of plants producing edible berries > of other edible berry plants
susumber1814
berberal1866
loganberry1926
soapolallie1937
salmon berry1971
1844 A. Sylvester Jrnl. in Oregon Hist. Q. (1933) XXXIV. 359 A salmon berry..being put into the mouth of a fish [sc. a salmon], destroys the charm.
a1861 T. Winthrop Canoe & Saddle (1883) vii. 95 Tribes..among whom hiaqua is plenty as salmon-berries are in the woods.
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 178 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The salmon-berry..(Rubus chamaemorus).
1901 J. Grinnell Gold Hunting in Alaska 16 The other day we picked three quarts of salmon berries.
1971 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 14 Mar. 16/2 Directing their steps toward the beach..they hurried..through the salmonberry thicket.
1977 J. Gillis Killers of Starfish (1979) xxii. 217 A precipitous tangle of salmonberry and alder.
salmon cast n. (see cast n. 5b, 1c).
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1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 20 In the vicinity of Penninghame House are some excellent salmon-casts.
1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 51 Salmon Casts, plaited gut [etc.].
salmon coble n. a boat used in salmon fishing.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > fishing for other species of fish
salmon coble1786
haker1856
swordfisherman1885
tuna boat1903
tuna clipper1929
tunnyman1930
tunny boat1934
pogy seiner1949
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 166 Tho' now ye dow but hoyte and hoble, An' wintle like a saumont-coble.
1881 W. Gregor Notes Folk-lore N.-E. Scotl. 146 In going past a salmon cobble in the harbour, a fisherman would not have allowed his boat to touch it.
1973 W. Elmer Terminol. Fishing iii. 78 The salmon coble..differs in structure from the rest of the cobles.
salmon-colour n. (see quots.).
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > pale red or pink
incarnationa1475
carnation?1533
peach colour1573
maiden's blush1598
maiden blush1600
flesh-colour1611
gridelinc1640
incarnadine1661
pinka1669
peach bloom1716
pompadour1761
rose pink1772
salmon-colour1813
orange-pink1820
peachiness1820
maiden rose1827
pinkiness1828
peach-blow1829
peach1831
pink madder1835
flesh-tint1839
pinkness1840
rose du Barry1847
flesh1852
almond1872
ash of roses1872
nymph-pink1872
rose Pompadour1872
salmon1873
pinkishness1874
mushroom1884
salmon-pink1884
naturelle1887
shell-pink1887
sunrise1890
sultan pink1899
mushroom colour1900
sunblush1925
flesh tone1931
magnolia1963
1813 J. Constable Let. 30 June (1964) II. 109 The paper will be a sort of salmon color and the sofa & chairs crimson.
1842 D. R. Hay Nomencl. Colours (1846) 42 Salmon colour is the name usually given to such tints as those produced by the attenuation of orange.
1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. Salmon-color, a golden-orange tinge.
salmon disease n. (a) a fatal epidemic skin disease of salmon; (b) = salmon poisoning n. below.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of dogs > [noun]
formicac1400
running woodnessa1425
founder1547
distemper1746
blotch1824
kennel lameness1841
foul1854
dog ill1874
salmon disease1880
piblokto1894
strongyloidiasis1907
strongyloidosis1907
salmon poisoning1925
hard-pad1948
Rubarth's disease1951
canine parvovirus1972
parvovirus1979
the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of fish > [noun]
fungus1880
salmon disease1880
furunculosis1912
white spot1928
columnaris1945
whirling disease1961
UDN1968
1880 Proc. Royal Soc. Edinb. 10 242 I am led to believe that the so-called salmon disease does not depend upon a pre-diseased condition of the fish.
1882 T. H. Huxley in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 22 328 The Saprolegnia is the cause of the salmon disease.
1950 Amer. Jrnl. Pathol. 26 617 (heading) The pathology and etiology of salmon disease in the dog and fox.
1964 G. W. Stamm Dog Owner's Vet. Guide 79 Salmon disease has been successfully treated with certain sulfa drugs and with penicillin.
1971 D. Mills Salmon & Trout iii. 91 The salmon is subject to a number of diseases... The diseases include furunculosis, Dee disease, kidney disease, salmon disease,..and columnaris.
salmon fishing n. (a) the catching of salmon; (b) a place where salmon may be caught; a salmon-fishery.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > part for fishing
stella1128
raik1477
salmon fishing1588
swim1828
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for salmon > place
salmon fishing1588
strikea1828
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for salmon
salmon fishing1833
1588 in G. P. McNeill Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1901) XXI. 336 The fewmaill of the salmound fisching upoun the water of Connan.
1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue 67 The like of a Salmon fishing, wherin the Lord lost two parts in three.
1808 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. V. 153 A salmon-fishing of some value.
1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 45 The finest salmon-fishing is in mild weather.
salmon flounder n. (see quot. 1815).
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Pleuronectidae > member of genus Platichthyes (flounder)
flukea700
buttc1300
floundera1450
suanta1609
salmon flounder1815
Monterey halibut1882
1815 J. Arbuthnot Hist. Acct. Peterhead 18 (Jam.) Pleuronectes Flessus, Flounder, vulgarly called Fresh-water Fleuk, Salmon Flounder.
salmon fungus n. a species of Saprolegnia causing ulcerations of the skin of the salmon.
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1882 T. H. Huxley in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 22 317 The stem-hyphæ answer exactly in size and structure to the hyphæ of the salmon fungus.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 227/1 The salmon fungus grows with great luxuriance on other animal substances.
salmon gum n. (see quot. 1883).
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees
yellow box1662
gum tree1676
white gum tree1733
whip-stick1782
peppermint1790
red gum tree1790
red mahogany1798
white gum1798
box1801
blue gum1802
eucalyptus1809
box tree1819
black-butted gum1820
bloodwood1827
white ash1830
blackbutt1833
morrel1837
mountain ash1837
mallee scrub1845
apple gum1846
flooded gum1847
Moreton Bay ash1847
mallee1848
swamp gum1852
box-gum1855
manna gum1855
white top1856
river gum1860
grey box1861
woolly butt1862
marlock1863
fever tree1867
red ironbark1867
river white gum1867
karri1870
yellow jacket1876
eucalypt1877
yapunyah1878
coolibah1879
scribbly gum1883
forest mahogany1884
yellow jack1884
rose gum1885
Jimmy Low1887
nankeen gum1889
slaty gum1889
sugar-gum1889
apple box1890
Murray red gum1895
creek-gum1898
eucalyptian1901
forest red gum1904
river red gum1920
napunyah1921
whitewash gum1923
ghost gum1928
snow gum1928
Sydney blue gum1932
salmon gum1934
lapunyah1940
1883 F. von Müller Eucalyptogr. ix Eucalyptus salmonophloia... A tree, when aged, attaining to fully 100 feet in height, known vernacularly as the ‘Salmon-colored Gumtree’, in allusion to the smooth grey and somewhat purplish bark of an oily lustre.]
1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 24 Oct. 20/3 A Digger mate and myself saw three salmon gums, trees of the Westralian wheatbelt and eastern goldfields.
1969 Chippendale & Johnston Eucalypts 72/1 The salmon gum has been regarded as an indicator of good, loamy soil on which much of the West Australian wheatbelt is developed.
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salmon killer n. U.S. a stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, destructive to salmon fry and spawn ( Cent. Dict. 1891).
salmon ladder n. a fish ladder for salmon; also, transferred ‘a contrivance used in the chemical treatment of sewage’ ( Cent. Dict.).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > fish passage or ladder
salmon leapa1387
fish-way1845
fish-pass1861
pass1861
fish-ladder1865
salmon ladder1867
salmon pass1867
zigzaga1877
1867 London Rev. 22 June 696/1 One great obstacle to the erection of Salmon-ladders.
1899 Daily News 4 May 11/2 In 1863 a salmon pass or ladder was made at Wood Mill, with the result that fish were enabled to ascend into the non-tidal waters.
salmon leap n. see leap n.1 2b.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > fish passage or ladder
salmon leapa1387
fish-way1845
fish-pass1861
pass1861
fish-ladder1865
salmon ladder1867
salmon pass1867
zigzaga1877
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 369 Also in Irlond beeþ þre samoun lepes.
1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. I. xii. 288 The Salmon Leap (which is a steep-Sloap, composed of large loose Stones).
salmon louse n. ‘a parasitic crustacean, Caligus piscinus, which adheres to the gills of salmon’ ( Cent. Dict.).
salmon pass n. = salmon ladder n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > fish passage or ladder
salmon leapa1387
fish-way1845
fish-pass1861
pass1861
fish-ladder1865
salmon ladder1867
salmon pass1867
zigzaga1877
1867 London Rev. 22 June 696/1 To restore our rivers to their former prolific condition, it is indispensable that salmon-passes should be provided.
1899 Daily News 4 May 11/2 In 1863 a salmon pass or ladder was made at Wood Mill, with the result that fish were enabled to ascend into the non-tidal waters.
1994 Sunday Times 6 Mar. (Sport section) ii. 7/5 A few other companies have helped to fund a programme..to build salmon passes at weirs and other obstacles.
2001 Independent 20 Apr. i. 1/6 The Environment Agency has installed a series of cameras at known river ‘salmon passes’—the fish world equivalent of the M1's fast lane.
salmon pipe n. ‘an engine to catch Salmon’ (Cowel Interpr. 1607).
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1533 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 7 No maner of persone..shall..take..in fludgate, salmon pipe or at the tayle of any mylle or were..the yonge frye..of..Salmon.
salmon pit n.
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1787 Surv. Kirton-in Lindsey in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (1877) There are particular places in the river (Trent) to which the Salmon resort that are called Salmon Pits.
salmon pool n. (see quots.).
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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > other types
weelc897
lowa1200
sougha1300
plungec1450
Sabbatical pool1613
slough1714
tinaja1835
rock pool1836
pokelogan1848
salmon pool1866
plunge pool1870
Strandbad1939
solar pool1960
the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > salmo salar (salmon) > habitat
salmon river1753
redd1808
salmon pool1866
stand1871
1866 Massachusetts Rep. 32 (Cent. Dict. at Pool1) Salmon-pools, eddies where the salmon collect.
1874 W. P. Lennox My Recoll. II. 72 My guide then informing me that within three miles there were several salmon pools, I lost no time in proceeding there.
1892 G. R. Lowndes Camping Sketches v. 161 We took a day's easy at Tyn-y-groes,..by the salmon pool.
salmon poisoning n. a fatal disease of dogs on the Pacific Coast of North America which affects lymphoid tissue and the central nervous system and is caused by rickettsias present in flukes infesting ingested salmon.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of dogs > [noun]
formicac1400
running woodnessa1425
founder1547
distemper1746
blotch1824
kennel lameness1841
foul1854
dog ill1874
salmon disease1880
piblokto1894
strongyloidiasis1907
strongyloidosis1907
salmon poisoning1925
hard-pad1948
Rubarth's disease1951
canine parvovirus1972
parvovirus1979
1925 Jrnl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 66 638 A microscopic cyst has been found in the muscle of ‘sore-back’ salmon. When these fish were fed to dogs typical symptoms of so-called salmon poisoning were produced.
1974 T. McGinnis Well Dog Bk. 74 This fluke is host to an organism (a rickettsia) which causes a severe disease called salmon poisoning.
salmon-scurf n. a dialect name for the salmon trout.
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1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) Scurf, or Salmon-scurf, salmon trout. Tees, Wear, &c.
salmon stair n. = salmon ladder n.
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1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Salmon-stair.
salmon steak n. a fried slice of salmon.
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1902 J. Buchan Watcher by Threshold i. 6 I had breakfasted..on eggs and salmon-steaks.
salmon-tithe n. a tithe payable in salmon.
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1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 176 He hath had frequent disputes with them about the salmon-tythe.
salmon twine n. linen or cotton twine used in the manufacture of salmon-nets ( Cent. Dict.).
salmon weir n. a weir for the taking of salmon ( Cent. Dict.).
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† salmonn.2
Cant. Obsolete.
In oaths or asseverations, as by (the) salmon, so help me salmon. Harman's interpretation (quot. 1567) may be correct; it is doubtful whether any of the subsequent writers quoted really knew the word in actual use.
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > other religious oaths
Petera1375
by this (good) lightc1380
passionc1390
by (all) the powers!c1425
hattersa1500
(by) Gog's arms, blood, body?1520
by my halidom1533
by (the) salmon?1536
as I am a sinner1682
by the holy poker1770
by the piper!1790
so help me salmon1834
Jehoshaphat1857
?1536 R. Copland Hye Way to Spyttell Hous sig. Eiijv Cyarum by salmon, and thou shalt pek my iere.
1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Peddelars Frenche sig. Giii Salomon, a alter or masse.
1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. K4 My doxy, I haue by the Salomon a doxy, that carries a kitchin mort in her slat at her backe.
1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. F4v By Salmon, I think my Mort is in drink.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Salmon, c. the Beggers Sacrament or Oath. Solomon, c. the Mass.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 231 She swore by the salmon.
1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 339 You must repeat the ‘Salamon’, or oath of our creed.
1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 340 So may help me, Salamon!
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