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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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GERROCK, n.¹ Also gerrack, -ick, gairach, gerek. A coalfish, Gadus virens, in its first year (Bnff. 1825 Jam.; ne.Sc. 1903 G. Sim Fauna of “Dee” 238, gerrick; Mry., Bnff. 1954). [′gɛrək]Bnff. 1876 S. Smiles Sc. Naturalist 423:
When young, great numbers of them [coal-fish] are occasionally taken in our harbours, in small-meshed nets. They are termed “Gerrocks”.Mry. 1883 F. Sutherland Memories 39:
I bocht twa lines an' twa-three hooks For hangin' gairachs, saeths, an' flooks.ne.Sc. 1953 Evening Dispatch (16 June): 
It is the kind of fish you go looking for when you're fed up fishing for gereks at the end of the pier.