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†GLASSOCK, n. The coal-fish, Gadus virens, at a certain stage of maturity. This name seems to be confined to Sth. Cf. Glashan.Sth. 1795 Stat. Acc.1 VI. 290:
In summer, glassocks, or says, are got in great plenty.Sth. 1811 Wernerian Soc. Mem. 532:
When a year old, the coal-fish begins to blacken over the gills and on the ridge of the back; and we have then a new series of names: . . . in Sutherland glassocks.
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