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n. 1. 1 small very elongate sea poachers.
Syn. -- Aspidophoroides monopterygius [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Zool.) Any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes of the genus Seriola, especially a large vigorous sport fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Dumerili). It is also called the amberjack. Seriola Carolinensis was the species name given in the 1890 Webster: same fish or different?
Syn. -- amberjack [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Calico bass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) A Mediterranean fish (Capros aper), of the family Caproidæ; -- so called from the resemblance of the extended lips to a hog's snout. (b) An Australian percoid fish (Histiopterus recurvirostris), valued as a food fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; not skillful in using the hands; slippery; careless.
Syn. -- bumbling, bungling, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball); a person who is butter-fingered. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. (Baseball) The part of the outfield directly ahead of the catcher.
Syn. -- center. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. See under Cartridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a davenport with upright armrests. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) a small fusiform fish (Decapterus punctatus), allied to the mackerel, found in the West Atlantic and on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Syn. -- round scad, quiaquia, Decapterus punctatus. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. A native or inhabitant of Corfu, an island in the Mediterranean Sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. small food fish (Poronotus triacanthus) of the Atlantic coast.
Syn. -- Poronotus triacanthus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies.
Syn. -- moonfish, Atlantic moonfish, horsefish, horsehead, Selene setapinnis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty; as, a dwarfish animal, shrub. -- Dwarf"ish*ly, adv. -- Dwarf"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. forfex, forficis, shears. ] (Zool.) Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., small shears, scissors, dim. of forfex shears. ] (Zool.) A genus of insects including the earwigs. See Earwig, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family of insects incliuding the typical earwigs.
Syn. -- family Forficulidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Gar, n. ] (Zool.) (a) A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike. (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribbæus, a very large species, and T. crassus, are more southern; -- called also needlefish. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray of the family Rhinobatidae with a guitar-shaped body. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes.
Syn. -- leatherjacket. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A gray flycatcher of Southwestern U. S. and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings; the scissortailed flycatcher.
Syn. -- scissortail, scissortailed flycatcher. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) The ribbon fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Excessively fierce. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fill to excess; to surcharge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To fish to excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: To fish so much that the numbers of fish remaining are substantially reduced. [ PJC ]

a. Perfect. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Perfectly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. perficiens, p. pr. of perficere to perform. See Perfect. ] Making or doing thoroughly; efficient; effectual. [ R. ] Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who performs or perfects a work; especially, one who endows a charity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. perfidious. ] 1. Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; treacherous; faithless; as, a perfidious friend. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Involving, or characterized by, perfidy. “Involved in this perfidious fraud.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a perfidious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being perfidious; perfidy. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Perfidies [ L. perfidia, fr. L. perfidus faithless; per (cf. Skr. parā away) + fides faith: cf. F. perfidie. See Faith. ] The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ambition and perfidy of tyrants. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

His perfidy to this sacred engagement. DeQuincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Perfect. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. per- + fix. ] To fix surely; to appoint. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Purfle. ] A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's gowns; -- called also bobbinwork. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Quality or state of being scurfy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Scurf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A scombroid food fish of Madeira (Cybium Commersonii). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Seerfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. Serfage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Notropis Whipplei). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Zool.) (a) The tarpum. (b) A white variety of the goldfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. one of a variety of insects of the order Thysanura, especially Lepisma saccharina, which may infest houses, and eats starched clothing and sized papers. See Lepisma. [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) (a) A large and powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean. (b) The carp sucker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The European redstart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of echinoderms belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which the body is star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number of rays varies from five to forty or more. The rays are often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only as angles to the disklike body. Called also sea star, five-finger, and stellerid. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The ophiuroids are also sometimes called starfishes. See Brittle star, and Ophiuroidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The dollar fish, or butterfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A superficies. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. superficialis: cf. F. superficiel. See Superficies. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficial measure or contents; superficial tillage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reaching or comprehending only what is obvious or apparent; not deep or profound; shallow; -- said especially in respect to study, learning, and the like; as, a superficial scholar; superficial knowledge. [ 1913 Webster ]

This superficial tale
Is but a preface of her worthy praise. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is a presumptuous and superficial writer. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

That superficial judgment, which happens to be right without deserving to be so. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Su`per*fi"cial*ly, adv. -- Su`per*fi"cial*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]