Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common cod; especially, the dried salt cod.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A cod salted and dried.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
cod salted anddried .
Etymologies
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Examples
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On Wednesdays and Saturdays, a side of salt-fish, ling, haberdine, or cod, was divided between the members of each mess, while a seven-ounce ration of butter (or olive oil) and a fourteen-ounce ration of cheese, was served to each man.
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. John Masefield 1922
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When Gerda had warmed herself, and had eaten and drunk, the Lapland woman wrote a few words on a dried haberdine, begged Gerda to take care of them, put her on the Reindeer, bound her fast, and away sprang the animal.
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I will give you a few words from me, which I will write on a dried haberdine, for paper I have none; this you can take with you to the Finland woman, and she will be able to give you more information than I can. "
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