Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sprat; also, a pilchard. Also
garvie-herring .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. & Scot. The sprat; -- called also
garvie herring , andgarvock .
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12 GENERAL DESCRIPTION flukes, garvie, eels, are alfo caught on the Scottijb coafls in great plenty for home confumption.
A tour through the island of Great Britain : divided into circuits or journies ... 1778
hernesheir commented on the word garvie
Sprats so named from Inch Garvie in the Firth of Forth where they were caught.
August 21, 2014