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SCOMBER

Volume 18 · 55 words · 1823 Edition

the Mackerel, a genus of fishes belonging to the order of thoracici. See Ichthyology Index.

SCONES, small forts, built for the defence of some pass, river, or other place. Some scones are made regular, of four, five, or six bastions; others are of smaller dimensions, fit for passes or rivers; and others for the field.