Lythe

adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fish, the European pollock (Pollachius pollachius). Northern-England, Scotland

    "We caught between us about twenty pounds of cod and lythe"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of lithe (“soft, flexible”). alt-of, obsolete

    "His hornes bene as broade as Rainebowe bent , His dewelap as lythe as laffe of Kent"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ8413).
  2. 2
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
european pollockpollock

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"His hornes bene as broade as Rainebowe bent , His dewelap as lythe as laffe of Kent"

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european pollock

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