"The tench is a fish that knows how to keep itself safe by a philosophical taste for an obscure existence in deep holes and slush.". From Wordnik.com. [Kenelm Chillingly — Complete] Reference
The first consists of carp, tench, barbel and bream. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
Ere from its bed the dusky tench leapt at the dragon-fly. From Wordnik.com. [Collected Poems] Reference
“Old Bambois came and offered me a tench, and I baked it.”. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Killer]
It would've been so much better if Castle wore the classic tench coat. From Wordnik.com. [Must Watch: Insanely Violent Punisher: War Zone Extended Trailer! « FirstShowing.net] Reference
“How could your tench have wriggled across dry land if it was a fish?”. From Wordnik.com. [Through Russia] Reference
A huge cutter and an undersea tench machine is used to open a 2 m deep and 10 m wide trench. From Wordnik.com. [China's "bargaining power" on East China Sea gas field: Very Strong] Reference
Very large tench were formerly abundant in a moat surrounding the house where the writer now lives. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
Fisht the great pond and put 220 of the biggest carp into the new pond, and 18 of the biggest tench. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
Jovius on the other side, disallowing tench, approves of it; so doth Dubravius in his Books of Fishponds. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
Put also 358 store carp into the flat stew, and 36 tench; and also 550 very small carp into a hole in the low field. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
The captain was sitting on the raised dais, which at least meant we didn't have to go through the tench-hut bulishit. From Wordnik.com. [The Forever War]
It would not be difficult to call up best-day memories of gudgeon, of bleak, and even minnows; of tench, and carp, and bream. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
This was baited with a peony, or any gay-coloured flower; attracted by which, the tench found their way inwards, but could not get out. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
My father caught a tench in the Lesse this morning. From Wordnik.com. [Barbarians] Reference
The tench would bite like fun on a morning like this. From Wordnik.com. [In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel"] Reference
"Eel-pouts! they're just about half-way between eels and tench.". From Wordnik.com. [Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp] Reference
THE tench, no doubt, considers the pond in which he lives as the Great. From Wordnik.com. [Ernest Maltravers — Complete] Reference
"How could your tench have wriggled across dry land if it was a fish?". From Wordnik.com. [Through Russia] Reference
I caught four or five fine tench in little more than twice as many minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures] Reference
That tench was in the Gyndis we have no authority for denying; but, if its Anglian or. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 182, April 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
The high omission of the introduced range projections of tench merits further discussion. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The next I pulled up was a thick fish like a tench, but of another colour and much bigger. From Wordnik.com. [Life And Adventures Of Peter Wilkins, Vol. I. (of II.)] Reference
"Hush!" said a tench from the bottom of a deep hole under the bank -- he was always a peacemaker. From Wordnik.com. [Wood Magic A Fable] Reference
After supper (having eat nothing all this day) upon a fine tench of Mr. Shelden's taking, we to bed. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference
We found that tench placed under inverted jars filled with air, absorb half a cubic centimetre of oxygen in an hour. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
Ecological niche models for common carp (A, B), tench (C, D), grass carp (E, F), and black carp (G, H) on native and U.S. landscapes. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The disparity between our predictions and tench occurrences demonstrates the caution needed when interpreting these predictive models. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
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