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cure n DAE ~ n 2 (1846); O Sup2 sb1 9
(Nfld: 1883-). A method of preserving fish by salting, drying or pickling.
1883 SHEA 7 The cure of the fish requires much care and judgment
... the best cure is effected when the weather is variable. [1911] 1930 COAKER 33 The
cure of shore fish the past season could not be much worse. 1962 Nfld Fisheries Conf
195 I suggest that there can be an improvement in the cure and that we can make more
Spanish fish, high price fish. 1969 MENSINKAI 13 Between these two types [light-salted
dried and heavy-salted wet or salt bulk] there are various types of 'cures,' mostly of
the heavy-salted dried variety.
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