S(ydenstricker) (1892-1973) US novelist. Daughter of missionaries to China, she spent much of her life there and wrote novels about Chinese life, such as East Wind–West Wind 1930 and The Good Earth 1931, for which she received a Pulitzer Prize 1932. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature 1938.
She wanted to make the East understandable to the West.

Grandgrandmother
An old woman; SYN. matriarch.

Any of several blackish or dark-backed fishes (as a pollack, cobia, or sablefish). coal fish

Any fish of the family Gadidae, especially the Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua found in the N Atlantic and Baltic. It is brown to gray with spots, white below, and can grow to 1.5 m/5 ft.
The main cod fisheries are in the North Sea, and off the coasts of Iceland and Newfoundland, Canada. Much of the catch is salted and dried. Formerly one of the cheapest fish, decline in numbers from overfishing has made it one of the most expensive.
1. Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached; SYN. codfish.
2. Major food fish of arctic and cold-temperate waters; SYN. codfish.

A kind of fish. Same as Cod. cod-fish

1. The galley or pantry of a small ship.
2. Right of a lord to entertainment from a tenant.

Ocean fish of cod family

ETYM Old Eng. hadok, haddok, of unknown origin; cf. Irish codog, Gael. adag, French hadot.
1. Important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller; SYN. Melanogrammus aeglefinus.
2. Lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried.
Marine fish Melanogrammus aeglefinus of the cod family found off the N Atlantic coast. It is brown with silvery underparts and black markings above the pectoral fins.
It can grow to a length of 1 m/3 ft. Haddock are important food fish; about 45 million kg/100 million lb are taken annually off the New England fishing banks alone.

Any of several deepwater long-bodied fishes of the cod family found in the N Atlantic.
1. American hakes.
2. Elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried; SYN. Molva molva.

ETYM Cf. German and Dutch pollack, and Gael. pollag a little pool, a sort of fish.
1. Important food and game fish of northern seas especially North Atlantic; related to cod; SYN. pollock, Pollachius pollachius.
2. Lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish; SYN. pollock.
Marine fish Pollachius virens of the cod family, growing to 75 cm/2.5 ft, and found close to the shore on both sides of the N Atlantic.

Pollack

ETYM New Lat. baccalaureatus, from Late Lat. baccalaureus a bachelor of arts, from baccalarius, but as if from Latin bacca lauri bayberry, from the practice of the bachelor's wearing a garland of bayberries. Related to Bachelor.
1. A farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies.
2. The university entrance exam administered at the end of high school, in France.
Degree of Bachelor.
Or bachelor's degree; In the US, a degree awarded by a university to a person who has completed undergraduate studies. In France, it is the examination and certification equivalent to a high school diploma, which qualifies a person for university entrance, as well as vocational options. It is also available in 52 countries as the international baccalaureate (IB).

ETYM Old Fren. bacheler young man, French bachelier (cf. Pr. bacalar, Spanish bachiller, Portu. bacharel, Italian baccalare), Late Lat. baccalarius the tenant of a kind of farm.
A man who has never been married; SYN. unmarried man.
1. A young knight who follows the banner of another.
2. A person who has received what is usually the lowest degree conferred by a 4-year college, university, or professional school ; also; the degree itself.
3. An unmarried man; A male animal (as a fur seal) without a mate during breeding time.

ETYM Formerly written grosser, orig., one who sells by the gross, or deals by wholesale, from French grossier, marchand grossier, from gros large, great. Related to Gross.
A merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies).

ETYM French grosserie wholesale. Related to Grocer.
(Usually plural) Commodities sold by a grocer; SYN. foodstuff.

Small boot; surgical boot for correcting deformity.

Light boot worn inside heavier boots.

ETYM Prob. from Old Fren. brossequin, or Dutch broosken. Related to Brodekin.
A boot reaching halfway up to the knee; SYN. chukka boot, combat boot, desert boot, half boot, top boot.
Tragedy as a dramatic genre.
High boot; thick-soled boot (also called cothurnus) worn by actors in ancient Greek tragedy; classic tragedy.

A keeper or handler of fighting cocks

ETYM French, from Old Fren. flambe flame, for flamble, from Latin flammula a little flame, dim. of flamma flame. Related to Flame.
A flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night).
Flaming torch.

1. A burning stick of resinous wood or twist of tow used to give light and usually carried in the hand; flambeau
2. Something (as tradition, wisdom, or knowledge) likened to a torch as giving light or guidance
3. Any of various portable devices for emitting an unusually hot flame — compare blowtorch
4. (chiefly British) flashlight
5. Incendiary

A leader in a campaign or movement. SYN. torch bearer