Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—I

Isinglass

A corruption of the Dutch huyzenblas (an air-bladder), being prepared from the bladders and sounds of sturgeon. (German, huyen, a sturgeon.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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