Herrings
[herɪŋz]
Examples
- Upon every barrel of herrings exported, there is, besides, a bounty of 2s:8d. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A barrel of herrings is supposed to require about one bushel and one-fourth of a bushel foreign salt. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The herrings caught and cured at sea are called sea-sticks. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The herrings had been kept in an open vessel exposed to the air ever since the day they were put into the liquid, and therefore it was not surprising that they had lost their flavor. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Mamma, said Rosamond, when Fred comes down I wish you would not let him have red herrings. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Fourthly, In many parts of Scotland, during certain seasons of the year, herrings make no inconsiderable part of the food of the common people. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This high price, however, may have been owing to the real scarcity of the herrings upon the coast of Scotland. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I have also herrings and a piece of skate which have been preserved for the same time. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The number of barrels of merchantable herrings, therefore, caught during these eleven years, will amount only, according to this account, to 252,231?. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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