carps
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No different than some of these guys in the middle of our lineup, the Carps and Smoaks.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2011
The physicians make the galls and stones in the heads of Carps to be very medicinable.
From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak
And some have been so curious as to say, the tenth of April is a fatal day for Carps.
From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak
Gesner says, a Carp has been known to live in the Palatine above a hundred years But most conclude, that, contrary to the Pike or Luce, all Carps are the better for age and bigness.
From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak
In June and July, Carps shew themselves on the very rim of the Water, then Fish with a Lob-worm, as you would with a Natural Fly.
From The School of Recreation (1696 edition) Or a Guide to the Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Riding, Racing, Fireworks, Military Discipline, The Science of Defence by Howlett, Robert
