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† ˈshafflin Obs. rare.
Also 6 shafflynge (in Continental authors schafoling, schafling, -lyng).
[Perh. the same word with shaftling, though applied to a different fish. Cf. shaft-eel.]
A kind of eel.
1553Belon De Aquatil. 273 Anglorum autem pisces..hisce nominibus agnoscuntur,..Eils, Lampres, Schafolings, Fausen, Griggs. 1555― La Nat. des Poissons 267 Eils, Lampres, Schaflings, Fauson, Griggs. 1558Gesner's Hist. Anim. IV. 54 Minima Anguilla iisdem [Anglis] Grigge uocatur. Schaflyng uero media inter Grigge & Fausen ele. 1572Huloet (ed. Higins), Shafflinge, or eele of a middle bignesse, anguilla media. 1747H. Glasse Cookery xxi. 163 Fish in Season..Midsummer Quarter Grigs, Shafflins and Glout [etc.]. |