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 Old Eng. coper, Late Lat. cuper, from Latin cuprum for earlier Cyprium, Cyprium aes, i.e., Cyprian brass. Related to Cypreous.
Orange-pink, very malleable and ductile, metallic element, symbol Cu (from Latin cuprum), atomic number 29, atomic weight 63.546. It is used for its durability, pliability, high thermal and electrical conductivity, and resistance to corrosion.
It was the first metal used systematically for tools by humans; when mined and worked into utensils it formed the technological basis for the Copper Age in prehistory. When alloyed with tin it forms bronze, which strengthens the copper, allowing it to hold a sharp edge; the systematic production and use of this was the basis for the prehistoric Bronze Age. Brass, another hard copper alloy, includes zinc. The element’s name comes from the Greek for Cyprus (Kyprios), where copper was mined.1. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; SYN. Cu, atomic number 29.
2. A reddish brown the color of polished copper; SYN. copper color.
3. A copper penny.
4. Any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having copper colored wings.

A card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cards that total closest to nine; SYN. chemin de fer.
Casino card game with two forms: chemin de fer and baccarat banque. In the former, each player takes it in turn to hold the bank; in the latter, all players compete against one banker. Cards are dealt from a wooden holder known as a “shoe”.

(French) “road of iron”; railroad; a kind of baccarat.
A card game in which two hands are dealt, any number of players may bet against the dealer, and the winning hand is the one that comes closer to but does not exceed a count of nine on two or three cards.