"fuik" and "sea dog"

[Douglas G. Wilson]

Sorry for the incomplete post.

On 6/29/2011 3:52 PM, George Thompson wrote:
> A "sea dog" was captured in NY harbor "stealing Bass from a fuik of a Bass
> Net"
> N-Y Commercial Advertiser, March 21, 1832, p. 2, col. 2
>
> "Fuik" seems to be in DARE; at least, the search possible from the DARE
> homepage gives a fragment of an entry, including the etymology " Du *fuik* a
> bow-net"
> I take "sea dog" to mean "seal", but it seems not to be in DARE
--

I think "sea dog" refers/referred to various seals.

The DARE entry is headed "fyke", with variants including "fuik": "a
funnel-shaped net kept open by a series of hoops and often equipped with
wing nets designed to funnel the fish or other catch to the mouth of the
net."

The first citation in DARE appears to be the same as the above, dated
1832 but quoted in 1867.

-- Doug Wilson

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