Crossword-Solution: GILSE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Gilse | n. | See Grilse. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| GILSE | anagram | GEILS, GILES, GLISE, LEGIS, SELIG, SIGEL |
We have 1 clue for the answer “GILSE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Young salmon: Var. | 1 answer |
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Form of quartz with coloured bands
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Hint 1 meaning
A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting
various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged
in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
Hint 2 anagram
EGATA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with GILSE (3)
You are a great fisher, no doubt, Mr McAllister?" "Well, not just that, but I do manage to fill a basket now and then, an' whiles to land a g'ilse." "A gilse!" cried George in surprise, "what is that?" "It is a small salmon--" "Oh! you mean a grilse," interposed Mr Sudberry.
About the middle of the last century, the fish used chiefly to be conveyed to London by small vessels of about forty tons burthen, belonging to Harwich and Gravesend, engaged by the London dealers; the fresh-caught salmon and gilse were conveyed in wells in the hold, but a large portion was sent pickled in kits.
The growth of salmon, from the state of salmon fry or smolt, to that of salmon peal and gilse, has been shown to be very rapid, and the increase of weight, during each subsequent year, is believed to be equal, if not to exceed the weight gained within the first.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1968).