Sc. Also 8 lyth, 9 lithe, Lyd. A name in Scotland and Ireland for the pollack.
1769. De Foe’s Tour Gt. Brit., IV. 19. Lyths, Spirlings, Soles … are also caught on the Scottish coasts in great plenty.
1805. Forsyth, Beauties Scotl., II. 380. Sea-fish are to be found in the harbour…. Scad, called here lyth or lyd.
1836. Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, II. 173. This fish [the pollack] is called Lythe in Scotland … doubtless from its nimbleness and pliancy which the word signifies. Ibid. In Ireland, the Pollack may be traced as occurring … under the names of Pollack, Laith, and Lythe.
1844. W. H. Maxwell, Sports & Adv. Scotl., i. (1855), 28. A scull of lithes and pollocks.
1873. Black, Pr. Thule, ii. 28. A heavy string of lythe in her right hand.
