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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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REEDS, n.pl. A method of catching coalfish (see quot.).Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 141:
Reeds. The mode of catching the young of the Coal-fish. It is simply done by a hand-line from a boat anchored, commonly by a stone, near the shore.