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Definition: Scabbard fish
Scabbard
\Scab"bard\, n. [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers,
escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan.
origin; cf. Icel. sk[=a]lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to
conceal. Cf.
Hauberk.]
The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is
kept; a sheath.
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Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
--Fairfax.
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Scabbard fish (Zo["o]l.), a long, compressed,
silver-colored t[ae]nioid fish (
Lepidopus argyreus syn.
Lepidopus caudatus), found on the European coasts, and
more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called
frostfish and considered an excellent food fish.
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