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▪ I. † ˈstreamling1 Obs. rare.
Also 7 streamlin.
[f. stream n. + -ling1.]
= streamlet.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. iv. Handicrafts 515 In two square creases of unequall sises To turn to yron streamlings he devises. 1615R. Brathwait Strappado 213 Wipe, wipe, those eyes with briny streamelings drownd. 1621― Nat. Embassie, etc. (1877) 210 Hadst thou seene..What crimson streamlins flow'd from either of vs.
▪ II. † ˈstreamling2 Obs. rare.
[Formed as prec., after Sw. strömling, strömming (MSw. strömlinger, ströminger); cf. MLG. stromelink, G. strömling.]
A kind of small herring found in the Baltic and the Swedish lakes.
1694[Bp. J. Robinson] Acc. Sueden i. 9 These..Lakes..are not ill stored with varieties of Fish,..of which the most plentiful is the Streamling. 1799W. Tooke View Russian Emp. III. 169 The streamlings, a degenerate species of herring, are everywhere found in the..Baltic. |