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ˈsmurlin Shetland dial.
[app. an error for smurslin (cf. smircelin in the Eng. Dial. Dict.), corresponding to Icel. smyrslingr.]
A species of clam.
1806Neill Tour Orkney & Shetl. 93 They have abundance of what are called culleocks and smurlins. The smurlin or smuthlin is the Mya truncata, remarkable for a shrivelled leathery process at one end. Both these shell⁓fish are highly relished by the Shetlanders. |