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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: {Log glass} (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the running out of the log line {Log line} (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d {Log}, n., 2. {Log perch} (Zo["o]l.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter ({Percina caprodes}); -- called also {hogfish} and {rockfish}. {Log reel} (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound. {Log slate}. (Naut.) See {Log board} (above). {Rough log} (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the cruise or voyage. {Smooth log} (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log In the case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper officer of the government. {To heave the log} (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the water; also the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's speed by the log From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rockfish \Rock"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) a Any one of several California scorp[ae]noid food fishes of the genus {Sebastichthys}, as the red rockfish ({S. ruber}). They are among the most important of California market fishes. Called also {rock cod}, and {garrupa}. b The striped bass. See {Bass}. c Any one of several species of Florida and Bermuda groupers of the genus {Epinephelus}. d An American fresh-water darter; the log perch. Note: The term is locally applied to various other fishes. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Garrupa \Gar*ru"pa\, n. [Prob. fr Pg garupa crupper. Cf {Grouper} the fish.] (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of California market fishes, of the genus {Sebastichthys}; -- called also {rockfish}. See {Rockfish}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rockfish n 1: flesh of any of various valuable lean-fleshed market fish caught among rocks 2: marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America 3: marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone (Morone saxatilis) [syn: {striped bass}, {striper}, {Roccus saxatilis}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Rockfish, VA Zip code(s): 22971
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