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methy
[< Algonk.; prob. a shortening of mathemeg, q.v.]
Northwest (now mainly in place names)
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:Various spellings in older writings.
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a freshwater cod, Lota iota maculosa; burbot.
Quotations
1743
Mer'thy (as the Natives styles itt,) are a fish Resembles an Eal in taste, they are muddy fish and skin's--the Same as an Eal, but of a Different shape, these are plenty, they are fine Eating in a pye with pork &c.
1770
[It was] a coarse kind of fish known in Hudson's Bay by the name of Methy.
1887
Next in quantity would come . . . gold-eye, marl or methy (dog fish or ling), yellow perch. . . .
1956
Just north of the small lakes was the Methy Portage, the most man-killing of all. . . .
1964
The Burbot . . . is known by a variety of names, but Burbot, Ling, Maria (the prevailing name in Manitoba), Loche (French-Canadian) and Methy (Cree Indian) appear to be the most commonly used.