Cod-liver
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cod-liver is a noun meaning Rare form of cod liver.
Meaning
Rare form of cod liver.
Example Sentences
The dory was high and dry on the beach, enveloped in the now familiar stench of rotting cod-livers.
Casks of rotting cod-liver taint the air at every fishing-stage and on every one of the hundreds of schooners, while even one small seal-oil factory is run, in the Straits of Belle Isle.
The Grimsby correspondent of the “Daily Mail” reports that the first trawler to be fitted with machinery to convert cod-livers into oil while at sea is the Sweeper, which arrived at Grimsby last week.
From the moment that first batch of fish was salted down that boat came alive with smells. The fresh smell of the sea, wafted by a stiff breeze off the ice-caps, was now displaced by the stench of rotting cod-livers.
Word Forms
- cod-livers
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