Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A boat of peculiar form, measuring 10 or 15 tons, used in the herring-fishery.
Examples
“Master Freake was giving final instructions to the owner of a herring-buss that was creaking noisily against the side of the jetty under the swell of the tide.”
“We waited for a herring-buss coming towards us, and spoke to her.”
“Little more than fifty years since, the banks of the river at that place were literally covered with broom -- and hence its name -- while the stream was scarcely deep enough to float a herring-buss.”
““His cunning, at least, I do, which, in Court affairs, often takes the weather-gage of wisdom, — as in Yarmouth Roads a herring-buss will baffle a frigate.”
“His cunning, at least, I do, which, in Court affairs, often takes the weather-gage of wisdom, -- as in Yarmouth Roads a herring-buss will baffle a frigate.”
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Herring
herring, pickled herring, red herring, bloater, herring-buss, herring-fishery, herring pond, herring-pond, whitebait, herringbone, herring-bone, buss and 65 more...
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Out to Sea
If I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat.boat, ship, skiff, barge, canoe, catamaran, yacht, scow, lifeboat, launch, ketch, dory and 303 more...
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reesetee A two- or three-masted vessel used in herring fishery. See bilander for usage (thanks to chained_bear). Feb 27, 2008