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▪ I. sandling1|ˈsændlɪŋ| Also 5 sandel-, sawndelynge. [f. sand n.2 + -ling1.] †1. = sand-eel 1. Obs.
c1440Promp. Parv. 441/1 Sandel, or sandelynge, fische, auguilla arenalis. c1460Ibid. (Winchester MS.), Sawndel, or sawndelynge. 1526Househ. Exp. Sir T. Le Strange (B.M. Add. MS. 27448, lf. 30 b), Item, in whytyngs and sandlyngs, xid. 2. A small flat-fish; a dab.
1611Cotgr. Barbue,..a kind of lesse Turbot, or Turbot⁓like fish, called by some, a Dab, or Sandling. 1694Motteux Rabelais iv. lx. 236 Dabs and Sand[l]ings. 1834A. Smart Rhymes 90 (E.D.D.) Down by the Watermou' to wade An' howk for sandlings side by side Wi' nimble hand. 1907Nation (N.Y.) 5 Oct. 13/1 Dabs or sandlings with the white side semi-transparent. ▪ II. sandling2 local.|ˈsændlɪŋ| [f. sand n.2 + -ling1.] (See quots.)
1794A. Young Agric. Suffolk 12 The title of sandling being given peculiarly to the country south of the line of Woodbridge and Orford, where a large extent of poor, and even blowing sands is found. Ibid. 42. 1847 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. VIII. ii. 265 The eastern maritime sandy districts or sandlings, and the north-west sandy districts or fieldings. ▪ III. sandling var. sandaling, sanderling. |