FYKE. A large bow-net used on the American coasts for taking the shad; hence called shad-fykes. Also, the Medusa cruciata, or Medusa's head.
FYRDUNG [the Anglo-Saxon fyrd ung, military service]. This appears on our statutes for inflicting a penalty on those who evaded going to war at the king's command.
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GAB. A notch on the eccentric rod of a steam-engine for fitting a pin in the gab-lever to break the connection with the slide-valves. (See [Gabbe].)
GABARRE. Originally a river lighter; now a French store-ship.
GABART, or Gabbert. A flat vessel with a long hatchway, used in canals and rivers.
GABBE. An old but vulgar term for the mouth.—Gift of the gab, or glib-gabbet, facility and recklessness of assertion.
GABBOK. A voracious dog-fish which infests the herring fisheries in St. George's Channel.
GABELLE [Fr.] An excise tribute.