Hickory shad
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Shad \Shad\ (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of
fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a
herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a
fish.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring
family. The American species ({Alosa sapidissima} formerly
{Clupea sapidissima}), which is abundant on the Atlantic
coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an
important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose
({Alosa alosa} formerly {Clupea alosa}), and the twaite shad
({Alosa finta} formerly {Clupea finta}), are less important
species. [Written also {chad}.]
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Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other
fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under {Gizzard}),
called also {mud shad}, {white-eyed shad}, and {winter
shad}.
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{Hardboaded shad}, or {Yellow-tailed shad}, the menhaden.
{Hickory shad}, or {Tailor shad}, the {mattowacca}.
{Long-boned shad}, one of several species of important food
fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus
{Gerres}.
{Shad bush} (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs
or small trees of the rosaceous genus {Amelanchier}
({Amelanchier Canadensis}, and {Amelanchier alnifolia}).
Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when
the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in
June or July, whence they are called {Juneberries}. The
plant is also called {service tree}, and {Juneberry}.
{Shad frog}, an American spotted frog ({Rana halecina}); --
so called because it usually appears at the time when the
shad begin to run in the rivers.
{Trout shad}, the squeteague.
{White shad}, the common shad.
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Hickory \Hick"o*ry\, n. [North American Indian pawcohiccora
(Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from
pounded hickory nuts. "Pohickory" is named in a list of
Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to
"hickory." --J. H. Trumbull.] (Bot.)
An American tree of the genus {Carya}, of which there are
several species. The shagbark is the {Carya alba}, and has a
very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets.
The pignut, or brown hickory, is the {Carya glabra}. The
swamp hickory is {Carya amara}, having a nut whose shell is
very thin and the kernel bitter.
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{Hickory shad}. (Zool.)
(a) The mattowacca, or fall herring.
(b) The gizzard shad.
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Fall \Fall\, n.
1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force
of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the
yard of ship.
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2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as,
he was walking on ice, and had a fall.
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3. Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
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They thy fall conspire. --Denham.
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Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit
before a fall. --Prov. xvi.
18.
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4. Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office;
termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin;
overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.
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Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall. --Pope.
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5. The surrender of a besieged fortress or town; as, the fall
of Sebastopol.
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6. Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation;
as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
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7. A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at
the close of a sentence.
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8. Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
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9. Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water
down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural,
sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.
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10. The discharge of a river or current of water into the
ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po
into the Gulf of Venice. --Addison.
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11. Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as,
the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.
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12. The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
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What crowds of patients the town doctor kills,
Or how, last fall, he raised the weekly bills.
--Dryden.
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13. That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy
fall of snow.
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14. The act of felling or cutting down. "The fall of timber."
--Johnson.
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15. Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness.
Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first
parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy
of the rebellious angels.
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16. Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling
band; a faule. --B. Jonson.
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17. That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the
power is applied in hoisting.
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{Fall herring} (Zool.), a herring of the Atlantic ({Clupea
mediocris}); -- also called {tailor herring}, and {hickory
shad}.
{To try a fall}, to try a bout at wrestling. --Shak.
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