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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Horn-eel, n. (In the later dial. of Ulster (1880) = the garfish; of the East Coast, also as hornel, ornal, = the sand-eel: cf. also late ME. and e.m.E. horn(e)kek(e, -kecke, also hornebeake, = the garfish.) — 16.. Archbald in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. III. 195.
The horn-eel, about two foot long, not far from the shape of another eel. It hath a pike out of its forehead like the figured horn of a unicorn
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