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1 [1623] 1982 CELL (ed) 188 Whitbourne's Discourse: Such fish...will amount to bee worth sixe pound starling, being splitted, salted, and dried. 1986 RYAN 29 To process the cod into saltfish, it was split along the underside, and the head, offal, and part of the backbone were removed so that the fish lay flat. 1987 Evening Telegram 17 Mar, p. 4 The prices for split fish will be 5 cents a pound for extra large (over 27 inches) [cod-fish].
2 [1918] 1930 COAKER 136 Packers of split herring should be registered, and every man be compelled to place his registered signature or name on every package he packs. [1938] 1988 Evening Telegram 8 Mar, p. 6 At Spencer's Cove on Friday the SS Magnhild loaded 191 casks of codfish and 240 barrels of split herring for Puerto Rico.
