Pollack \Pol"lack\, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zool.) (a) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe ({Pollachius virens}). Called also {greenfish}, {greenling}, {lait}, {leet}, {lob}, {lythe}, and {whiting pollack}. (b) The American pollock; the coalfish. [1913 Webster]
Lythe \Lythe\ (l[imac]th), n. (Zool.) The European pollack; -- called also {laith}, and {leet}. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Lythe \Lythe\ (l[imac][th]), a. [See {Lithe}, a.] Soft; flexible. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Lythonthriptic