(a) A herring Clupea harengus; (b) red hering, smoked herring; whit hering, herring salted but not smoked; (c) hering barel, a cask for herring; hering breder (carter), one who roasts (hauls) herring……

(a) Any of several types of small, fleshy or sclerotic excrescences occurring at various locations in or on a human or an animal body, an unsightly growth, esp. on the face, a wart, mole [often……