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
But it is thought that all Carps are not bred by generation; but that some breed other ways, as some Pikes do.
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 Flye.
From The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing by Howlett, Robert
The physicians make the galls and stones in the heads of Carps to be very medicinable.
From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak
These likewise may be put about stew'd Carps, Tench, or roasted Jacks, by way of Garnish, with scraped Horse-Radish, and pickled Barberries.
From The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm by Bradley, Richard
