Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A poisonous ptomaine obtained from putrefying liver and other organs.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Physiol. Chem.) A toxic alkaloid (ptomaine) obtained from putrid flesh and from herring brines. As a poison it is said to execute profuse diarrhoea, vomiting, and intestinal inflammation.
Etymologies
- Ancient Greek (Wiktionary)
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A Glossary of Filth
A compilation of those nitty-gritty yucky terms for substances and situations that we prefer not to encounter. Please folks, keep it clean; avoid the overly offensive ones.
"the terms...schmutz, smegma, muck, snarge, sewerage, mecomium, sewage, sebum, toe jam, pus, sludge, backwash and 130 more...
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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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ruzuzu Thanks! Added. Feb 7, 2013
hernesheir Don't name your daughter mydaleine.
There is a herring connection, ruzuzu! Feb 7, 2013