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Fish product is ready to drink?
Answer for the clue "Fish product is ready to drink? ", 9 letters:
isinglass
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, said to be perversion of Dutch huysenblas , literally "sturgeon bladder," from huysen "sturgeon" + blas "bladder;" so called because the substance was obtained from it.
Wikipedia
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Isinglass (1890–1911) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire . In a career which lasted from 1892 until 1895 he ran twelve times and won eleven races. He was the best British two-year-old of 1892 and went on to become sixth winner of the English ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity [syn: mica ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer. 2 A thin, transparent sheet of mica.
Usage examples of isinglass.
I conclude therefore that isinglass contains some, though perhaps very little, soluble albuminous matter.
Altogether I experimented on sixtyfour leaves with the above nitrogenous fluids, the five leaves tried only with the extremely weak solution of isinglass not being included, nor the numerous trials subsequently made, of which no exact account was kept.
Altogether I experimented on sixtyfour leaves with the above nitrogenous fluids, the five leaves tried only with the extremely weak solution of isinglass not being included, nor the numerous trials subsequently made, of which no exact account was kept.
Hence a solution of chondrin seems to act far more quickly and energetically than pure gelatine or isinglass.
Swim bladders from previous catches of sturgeon, carefully washed and air-dried to hard, clear, isinglass balloons, served as floats for the net, and stones tied to the bottom were weights.
She had taken a small crescent of isinglass, somewhat resembling a half optical lens, inserted it carefully under the lower lashes of one eye, and was carefully stroking them black with a small paint brush.
The ground roils under her feet, tipping her sideways, the air goes gluey, multileaved and flaking yellow-tinged as isinglass.
True, from the unmarred dead body of the whale, you may scrape off with your hand an infinitely thin, transparent substance, somewhat resembling the thinnest shreds of isinglass, only it is almost as flexible and soft as satin.
But these marks do not seem to be impressed upon the isinglass substance above mentioned, but seem to be seen through it, as if they were engraved upon the body itself.
But these marks do not seem to be impressed upon the isinglass substance above mentioned, but seem to be seen through it as if they were engraved upon the body itself.