nape (n); napes
nape (n) An' then the next thing,when it got perhaps two or three days.sun on it,good days,you put it in what they call a pile.You go around,all yaffle around,around.All tails inside, all the napes o' the fish out around. Yes DNE-cit DNE-cit (see OED _nape_ sb.� 2.a ="The fleshy part...
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| Summary: | nape (n) An' then the next thing,when it got perhaps two or three days.sun on it,good days,you put it in what they call a pile.You go around,all yaffle around,around.All tails inside, all the napes o' the fish out around. Yes DNE-cit DNE-cit (see OED _nape_ sb.� 2.a ="The fleshy part left projecting from the end of the fish's back after the head is removed." G.J.Casey tells me that this usage is well known in Conche and he is familiar with it from his own experience) J. D. A. WIDDOWSON JUL 1973 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I |
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