SEAL (animal)
NOUNS
► BIG SMELL a seal → Bk1942 Amer. circus sl.
► HAIR-FISH a fisherman’s taboo-name for the seal → 1908 Sc. obs.
► JACK the skin of a seal → 1795 Sc.
► JACKET 1. the natural (usually hairy) covering or ‘coat’ of various animals; the skin of a seal, fish, etc. → 1613
2. a young seal → 1901 Newfoundland usage (Bk.)
► MAIG ► MEG the flipper of a seal → a1838 Sc.
► PUP a young seal or sea lion → 1815
► RAGGED-JACKET the young of the harp seal during the first molt → 1884
► RAGGEDY JACKET a harp seal moulting from the white coat to the bedlamer stage → 1975 Can. usage
► SEA DOG a seal → 1995 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SWILE a seal (animal) → 1802 Newfoundland usage
► TANG-FISH the seal → 1809 Eng. dial.
► TANGIE a young seal → Bk1905 Sc.
► WATER DOG a seal → 1981 US circus & carnival usage
► WIG the male seal → 1830 Amer.
VERBS
► JACK to take the skin off a seal → 1795 Sc.
► SWILE to hunt for seals → 1905 Newfoundland usage
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