bloat herring
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bloat herring — bloater (1) … Dictionary of ichthyology
bloat — bloat1 verb cause to swell with fluid or gas. noun a disease of livestock characterized by an accumulation of gas in the stomach. Origin C17: from obs. bloat swollen, soft , perh. from ON blautr soft, flabby . bloat2 verb cure (a herring) by… … English new terms dictionary
bloat — [13] Bloat has a confused and uncertain history. It seems first to have appeared on the scene in the 13th century as an adjective, blout, meaning ‘soft, flabby’, a probable borrowing from Old Norse blautr ‘soft from being cooked 65 bluestocking… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
bloat — [13] Bloat has a confused and uncertain history. It seems first to have appeared on the scene in the 13th century as an adjective, blout, meaning ‘soft, flabby’, a probable borrowing from Old Norse blautr ‘soft from being cooked with liquid’.… … Word origins
bloat — bloat1 [blōt] adj. [ME blout, soft < ON blautr; ult. < IE base * bhel , to swell: see BALL1] swollen or distended; puffed up vt., vi. 1. to swell, as with water or air 2. to puff up, as with pride n. ☆ 1. a person or thing th … English World dictionary
bloat|ed — «BLOH tihd», adjective. 1. swollen and puffy: »the bloated face of a rubber doll. 2. Figurative. pampered; puffed up. 3. Figurative. inflated; too great: »…put an end to these bloated armaments (Benjamin Disraeli) … Useful english dictionary
bloat|er — «BLOH tuhr», noun. 1. a herring preserved by slightly salting and partially smoking, softer and less dry than a kipper. 2. a small cisco of the Great Lakes … Useful english dictionary
bloat — v. 1 tr. & intr. inflate, swell (wind bloated the sheets; bloated with gas). 2 tr. (as bloated adj.) a swollen, puffed. b puffed up with pride or excessive wealth (bloated plutocrat). 3 tr. cure (a herring) by salting and smoking lightly.… … Useful english dictionary
Bloater — Bloat er ( [ e]r), n. [See {Bloat}, {Blote}.] The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; called also {bloat herring}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bloater — bloat•er [[t]ˈbloʊ tər[/t]] n. 1) a herring or mackerel cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried 2) ich a freshwater cisco, Coregonus hoyi, found in the Great Lakes • Etymology: 1825–35; bloat (adj.) (see bloat) + er I … From formal English to slang
