SARDINES

Noun

Sardines

plural of Sardine

Anagrams

• aridness

Etymology

The game name refers to sardines tightly packed in a can.

Noun

sardines

plural of sardine

(uncountable) A children's game in which the players hide together, lying side by side.

Anagrams

• aridness

Source: Wiktionary


SARDINE

Sar"dine ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [F. sardine (cf. Sp. sardina, sarda, It. sardina, sardella), L. sardina, sarda; cf. Gr. sardinia, Gr. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pichardus). The California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden.

Sar"dine ( or ; 277), n.

Definition: See Sardius.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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