HALIBUT  , or HoLIBUT (Hippoglossus vulgaris), the largest of all See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat-fishes, growing to a length of 10 ft. or more, specimens of 5 ft. in length and of See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo lb. in See also:

• WEIGHT

weight being frequently exposed for See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale in the markets . Indeed, specimens under 2 ft. in length are very rarely caught, and singularly enough, no instance is known of a very See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young specimen having been obtained . Small ones are commonly called " chicken halibut." The halibut is much more frequent in the higher latitudes of the temperate See also:

• ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone than in its See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern portion; it is a circumpolar See also:

• SPECIES

species, being found on the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern coasts of See also:

• AMERICA

America, See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and See also:

• ASIA

Asia, extending in the Pacific southwards to See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California . On the See also:

• BRITISH

British coasts it keeps at some distance from the See also:

• SHORE

shore, and isgenerally caught in from 50 to 150 fathoms . Its flesh is generally considered coarse, but it is See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white and See also:

• FIRM

firm, and when properly served is excellent for the table . The name is derived from " See also:

• HOLY

holy " (M.E . See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy), and recalls its use for See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food on holy days .