Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A boat of peculiar form, measuring 10 or 15 tons, used in the herring-fishery.
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Examples
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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.
The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough
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We waited for a herring-buss coming towards us, and spoke to her.
Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 Jasper Danckaerts 1898
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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.
The Life of Thomas Telford Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1867
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“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.
Peveril of the Peak 1822
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"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.
Peveril of the Peak Walter Scott 1801
reesetee commented on the word herring-buss
A two- or three-masted vessel used in herring fishery. See bilander for usage (thanks to chained_bear).
February 27, 2008