| 单词 | corpion |
| 释义 | † ˈcorpion Obs. Also corpchun, ? corphun, copshen. [Of uncertain etymology: perh. f. corp- body: the use of les in quot. 1516 does not make it certainly French. Copshen is prob. the same word, though the spelling suggests derivation from cop head.] Name of a quality of herring: see quot. 1758.
c1440Promp. Parv. 93 Corphun [H.P. corpchun herynge]. 1512in Rogers Agric. & Prices III. 322/3 Corpions 1 cade {at} 4/3. 1516Ibid. 323/2 Herrings called les corpions 1 cade {at} 1/4. 1758Binnell Descr. Thames 227 Fishers distinguish their Herrings into six different Sorts: As the Fat Herring..the Shotten Herring..the Copshen, which by some Accident or other has been deprived of its Head. |
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