A fish. See 1823.
1765. ’Tis full of large fish, as cats, garr, mullets, and several other kinds, and plenty of alligators.—J. Bartram, ‘Journal,’ Dec. 27. (N.E.D.)
1823. “About the mouth of this creek we saw the remains of several gar fish (Esox osseus).”—The fish described.—E. James, ‘Rocky Mountain Expedition,’ ii. 154 (Phila.).
1829. [The scratching instruments] most in fashion were formed out of the teeth of the fish called Gar.—Basil Hall, ‘Travels in North America,’ iii. 294.
1846. The alligator gar grows to the enormous length of fifteen feet; its head resembles the alligator’s; within its wide-extended jaws glisten innumerable rows of teeth, running down into its very throat in solid columns.—T. B. Thorpe, ‘Mysteries of the Backwoods,’ p. 38.
1856. We have a great many gars, sharks, sheepheads, lamper-eels, and every other kind of fish that is to be found, in the pond; the Gospel net has gathered them up.—Brigham Young, March 2: ‘Journal of Discourses,’ iii. 226.
