culch

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The rocks, crushed shells, and other sea detritus that create an oyster bed, where oyster…

   The rocks, crushed shells, and other sea detritus that create an oyster bed, where oyster spawn can attach themselves; a collection of such detritus, accumulated on land, to drop in the sea to build up oyster beds.

2. 2

   An accumulation of small items of little current value -- materials, broken items,…

   An accumulation of small items of little current value -- materials, broken items, miscellaneous fasteners -- for possible future use.

3. 3

   Junk or debris.

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   1. 4

      Location where potentially useful junk items are collected

      Location where potentially useful junk items are collected: culch corner, culch drawer, culch pile.

   2. 5

      To prepare an oyster bed with such (culch) attachments

      To prepare an oyster bed with such (culch) attachments; to sort shellfish or fish catch by size -- most often oysters -- so as to throw back the smallest to grow bigger and breed.

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