Fishen

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to or characteristic of a fish; fishlike obsolete

    "From betwixt their shoulders grewe their winges like Ha[r]pies, stretching downe and extending to the foulding and turnings of theyr tayles, vpon their monstrous flankes grew out their fynnes to swimme withall, their beginning, their fishen and scalye substance, and from thence so continuing theyr nether parts downewarde."

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fishy

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"From betwixt their shoulders grewe their winges like Ha[r]pies, stretching downe and extending to the foulding and turnings of theyr tayles, vpon their monstrous flankes grew out their fynnes to swimme withall, their beginning, their fishen and scalye substance, and from thence so continuing theyr nether parts downewarde."

Etymology

From Middle English fisshen (“fishlike”), equivalent to fish + -en. Compare English piscine.

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