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<FORM><ORTH>halibut(te</ORTH> n.</FORM>

<ETYM>From <HI REND="b">hali</HI> (var. of <HI REND="b">holi</HI>) &amp; <HI REND="b">but(te</HI> n.(5). Prob. modeled after MDu. <HI REND="b">heylbot</HI>.</ETYM>

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<DEF>A large flatfish (Hippoglossus hippoglossus), halibut; also, a halibut cooked and prepared as food [quot. a1475].</DEF>

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<CIT><BIBL><STNCL><DATE>1396</DATE> <TITLE>Cust.Acc.33/29</TITLE> [OD col.]</STNCL></BIBL>
<Q>Halibut.</Q></CIT>

<CIT><BIBL><STNCL><DATE>(1425)</DATE> <TITLE>Doc.Brewer</TITLE> in <TITLE>Bk.Lond.E.</TITLE></STNCL>186/1442</BIBL>
<Q>Item, for halibut, ij s. viij d.</Q></CIT>

<CIT><BIBL><STNCL><DATE>a1450</DATE> <TITLE>Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1)</TITLE></STNCL> 60</BIBL>
<Q>Ha|lybutte. Plays fryid.</Q></CIT>

<CIT><BIBL><STNCL><DATE>a1475</DATE> Russell <TITLE>Bk.Nurt.</TITLE></STNCL>584</BIBL>
<Q>&THORN;ornebak, thurle polle, hound fysch, halybut, to hym &thorn;at hathe heele.</Q></CIT>

<CIT><BIBL><STNCL><DATE>?a1475</DATE> <TITLE>Noble Bk.Cook.</TITLE>(Hlk 674)</STNCL>73</BIBL>
<Q>Chyne a halibut and sethe hym with water and salt.</Q></CIT>

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