Many of these devices leave unsightly holes in the fish, and wooden tenter sticks, metal speats, etc., are difficult to keep clean.

The fashion designer was proud to have dressed the queen for the charity event.

In 1383 Gaunt appointed his valet Adam de Welle as acatour, to purchase 'both cartloads and fish and carriage [for them] and other things needful and duly appurtenant to the office of our acatour'.

Crogglement. A word invented by Dean Grennell to denote extreme astonishment, and very handy to describe the effect of his puns. One is for some reason reminded of the fact that dock leaves, which are good for nettle stings, are always to be found near nettles.