fingerlingn.

Brit.

/ˈfɪŋɡəlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈfɪŋɡərlɪŋ/

Forms: see finger n. and -ling suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: finger n., -ling suffix¹.

Etymology: < finger n. + -ling suffix¹. With sense 1 compare Middle Dutch vingerlinc ring, finger of a glove (Dutch vingerling ), Middle Low German vingerlinc ring, finger of a glove, Middle High German vingerlinc finger of a glove, ring (German Fingerling finger of a glove, fingerstall, thimble). In sense 2 probably as alteration of fingering n.³, after other fish names in -ling (compare brandling n., skirling n.¹), and in extended use perhaps interpreted as alluding to the size and shape of the fish rather than the markings. In sense 3 after German †Däumerling, extended form (for the sake of metre) of Däumling thumbling n.With the sense ‘finger ring’ of the Germanic parallels compare further (with different suffix) Middle Dutch vingerlijn , Middle Low German vingerlīn , Middle High German vingerlīn (compare discussion at finger ring n. at finger n. Compounds 2a).

†1. The finger of a glove; a fingerstall. Obsolete.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical supports > [noun] > finger- or thumb-stall

fingerling1440

fingerstall?c1475

thumb-case1598

cot1617

thumb-stall1654

finger-stool1787

finger cot1841

hud1893

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > finger-stall

fingerling1440

fingerstall?c1475

cot1617

finger-stool1787

finger cot1841

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > parts of > finger

fingerling1440

stall1483

finger1565

glove-finger1864

hud1893

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > thimble

thimble14..

fingerling1580

finger shield1796

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 161 Fyngyrlynge of a glove, digitabulum.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 220/1 Fingerlyng of lether, delot.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vn doigtier, a thimble, a fingerling.

2. A young salmon or trout between the stages of fry and smolt; = parr n.¹ 2. Also: the young of various other fishes (esp. those bred as game fish or farmed) at the corresponding stage. Frequently attributive.

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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > salmon > young salmon or parr

fario1753

parr1771

fingerling1829

farthing-trout1865

the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > salmo salar (salmon) > young > parr

graveling1587

pinka1641

tecon1653

fingering1686

brandling1754

laspring1760

parr1771

wrack-rider1794

salmon pink1805

fingerling1829

farthing-trout1865

1829 London Encycl. II. 310/2 The Par or Samlet is called on the river Wye a skirling; in Yorkshire a brandling; in Northumberland a rack-rider; and in other parts of England a fingerling, from the resemblance of its spotted streaks to the human finger.

1835 P. Fisher Angler's Souvenir 164 The name brandling, or fingerling, is derived from nine or ten marks, of a dusky bluish colour, like the impression of fingers, upon its sides.

1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Apr. 6/1 A couple of wretched fingerling smolts.

1917 P. C. Bing Country Weekly vi. 159 To any farmer who has a pond suitable for fish culture, the government will send fry and fingerlings free of charge.

1953 H. S. Davis Culture & Dis. Game Fish ii. 21 Raceways for holding small fingerlings are usually constructed of concrete.

1985 Common Carp Pt. 2 (U.N. Food & Agric. Organization) 53/1 The objective of the second rearing pond is to grow the advanced carp fry to the fingerling size of 10–40 g.

2004 Daily Tel. 17 Nov. 5/3 The Miller Lake lamprey, an American fish intentionally eliminated from its Oregon home to stop it eating trout fingerlings.

†3. A diminutive legendary being; a dwarf. Cf. thumbling n. Obsolete.

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the world > life > [noun] > small

atomy1597

fingerling1864

the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person

dwarfeOE

congeonc1230

go-by-ground?a1300

smalla1300

shrimpc1386

griga1400

gruba1400

murche1440

nirvil1440

mitinga1450

witherling1528

wretchocka1529

elf1530

hop-o'-my-thumb1530

pygmy1533

little person1538

manikin1540

mankin1552

dandiprat1556

yrle1568

grundy1570

Jack Sprat1570

squall1570

manling1573

Tom Thumb1579

pinka1585

squib1586

screaling1594

giant-dwarf1598

twattle1598

agate1600

minimus1600

cock sparrow1602

dapperling1611

modicum1611

scrub1611

sesquipedalian1615

dwarflinga1618

wretchcock1641

homuncio1643

whip-handle1653

homuncule1656

whippersnapper1674

chitterling1675

sprite1684

carliea1689

urling1691

wirling1691

dwarf man1699

poppet1699

durgan1706

short-arse1706

tomtit1706

Lilliputian1726

wallydraigle1736

midge1757

minikin1761

squeeze-crab1785

minimum1796

niff-naff1808

titman1818

teetotum1822

squita1825

cradden1825

nyaff1825

weed1825

pinkeen1850

fingerling1864

Lilliput1867

thumbling1867

midget1869

inch1884

shorty1888

titch1888

skimpling1890

stub1890

scrap1898

pygmoid1922

lofty1933

peewee1935

smidgen1952

pint-size1954

pint-sized1973

munchkin1974

1864 J. Anster tr. J. W. von Goethe Faustus: 2nd Pt. ii. 188 Pygmies, Emmets, Fingerlings [Ger. Däumerlinge],—And other active little things.

1867 Contemp. Rev. 6 50 Thumblings and Fingerlings whom the Pygmies have enslaved.

4. North American. A small vegetable of the size and shape of a finger; esp. (a) a young carrot; (b) a small, narrow type of potato, some varieties of which have pink, purple, or yellow skin or flesh (more fully fingerling potato).

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > potato > types of

baker1651

Irish potato1664

sprout1771

London lady1780

ox-noble1794

pink-eye1795

kidney1796

Suriname1796

round1800

yam potato1801

bluenose1803

yam1805

bead-potato1808

Murphy1811

lumper1840

blue1845

salmon1845

merino1846

regent1846

pink1850

redskin potato1851

fluke1868

snowflake1882

magnum1889

ware1894

snowdrop1900

King Edward1902

Majestic1917

red1926

fingerling1930

Pentland1959

chipper1961

Maris Peer1963

Maris Piper1963

1930 W. W. Chenoweth Food Preserv. viii. 87 The small carrots which are often thinned out of the rows, also the small ones at harvest time, ‘the fingerlings’, are generally wasted.

1937 M. Free Gardening xxi. 340 Carrots, pulled when they are of fingerling size, possess an incomparable delicacy of flavour.

1974 Org. Gardening & Farming Feb. 55/2 Fingerlings [sc. potatoes] mature in 90 to 115 days, so they can be planted from late March to the end of June.

1980 Christian Sci. Monitor 14 Mar. 14 Unless you're of German extraction, chances are that you've never tasted the tiny fingerling potato.

1998 B. Kafka Soup 92 There are round potatoes that describe themselves, and fingerlings are shaped like small link sausages.

2000 J. Harris Blackberry Wine (2001) xlii. 216 In the cold frame..he had already seeded some baby vegetables—Little Gem lettuces and fingerling carrots and parsnips.

2011 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 23 July (Final ed.) e7 For this recipe, try to use Pemberton fingerling potatoes for their rich and buttery texture.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fingerling
释义	fingerlingn. Brit. /ˈfɪŋɡəlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfɪŋɡərlɪŋ/ Forms: see finger n. and -ling suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: finger n., -ling suffix¹. Etymology: < finger n. + -ling suffix¹. With sense 1 compare Middle Dutch vingerlinc ring, finger of a glove (Dutch vingerling ), Middle Low German vingerlinc ring, finger of a glove, Middle High German vingerlinc finger of a glove, ring (German Fingerling finger of a glove, fingerstall, thimble). In sense 2 probably as alteration of fingering n.³, after other fish names in -ling (compare brandling n., skirling n.¹), and in extended use perhaps interpreted as alluding to the size and shape of the fish rather than the markings. In sense 3 after German †Däumerling, extended form (for the sake of metre) of Däumling thumbling n.With the sense ‘finger ring’ of the Germanic parallels compare further (with different suffix) Middle Dutch vingerlijn , Middle Low German vingerlīn , Middle High German vingerlīn (compare discussion at finger ring n. at finger n. Compounds 2a). †1. The finger of a glove; a fingerstall. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical supports > [noun] > finger- or thumb-stall fingerling1440 fingerstall?c1475 thumb-case1598 cot1617 thumb-stall1654 finger-stool1787 finger cot1841 hud1893 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > finger-stall fingerling1440 fingerstall?c1475 cot1617 finger-stool1787 finger cot1841 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > parts of > finger fingerling1440 stall1483 finger1565 glove-finger1864 hud1893 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > thimble thimble14.. fingerling1580 finger shield1796 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 161 Fyngyrlynge of a glove, digitabulum. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 220/1 Fingerlyng of lether, delot. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vn doigtier, a thimble, a fingerling. 2. A young salmon or trout between the stages of fry and smolt; = parr n.¹ 2. Also: the young of various other fishes (esp. those bred as game fish or farmed) at the corresponding stage. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > salmon > young salmon or parr fario1753 parr1771 fingerling1829 farthing-trout1865 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > salmo salar (salmon) > young > parr graveling1587 pinka1641 tecon1653 fingering1686 brandling1754 laspring1760 parr1771 wrack-rider1794 salmon pink1805 fingerling1829 farthing-trout1865 1829 London Encycl. II. 310/2 The Par or Samlet is called on the river Wye a skirling; in Yorkshire a brandling; in Northumberland a rack-rider; and in other parts of England a fingerling, from the resemblance of its spotted streaks to the human finger. 1835 P. Fisher Angler's Souvenir 164 The name brandling, or fingerling, is derived from nine or ten marks, of a dusky bluish colour, like the impression of fingers, upon its sides. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Apr. 6/1 A couple of wretched fingerling smolts. 1917 P. C. Bing Country Weekly vi. 159 To any farmer who has a pond suitable for fish culture, the government will send fry and fingerlings free of charge. 1953 H. S. Davis Culture & Dis. Game Fish ii. 21 Raceways for holding small fingerlings are usually constructed of concrete. 1985 Common Carp Pt. 2 (U.N. Food & Agric. Organization) 53/1 The objective of the second rearing pond is to grow the advanced carp fry to the fingerling size of 10–40 g. 2004 Daily Tel. 17 Nov. 5/3 The Miller Lake lamprey, an American fish intentionally eliminated from its Oregon home to stop it eating trout fingerlings. †3. A diminutive legendary being; a dwarf. Cf. thumbling n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > [noun] > small atomy1597 fingerling1864 the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person dwarfeOE congeonc1230 go-by-ground?a1300 smalla1300 shrimpc1386 griga1400 gruba1400 murche1440 nirvil1440 mitinga1450 witherling1528 wretchocka1529 elf1530 hop-o'-my-thumb1530 pygmy1533 little person1538 manikin1540 mankin1552 dandiprat1556 yrle1568 grundy1570 Jack Sprat1570 squall1570 manling1573 Tom Thumb1579 pinka1585 squib1586 screaling1594 giant-dwarf1598 twattle1598 agate1600 minimus1600 cock sparrow1602 dapperling1611 modicum1611 scrub1611 sesquipedalian1615 dwarflinga1618 wretchcock1641 homuncio1643 whip-handle1653 homuncule1656 whippersnapper1674 chitterling1675 sprite1684 carliea1689 urling1691 wirling1691 dwarf man1699 poppet1699 durgan1706 short-arse1706 tomtit1706 Lilliputian1726 wallydraigle1736 midge1757 minikin1761 squeeze-crab1785 minimum1796 niff-naff1808 titman1818 teetotum1822 squita1825 cradden1825 nyaff1825 weed1825 pinkeen1850 fingerling1864 Lilliput1867 thumbling1867 midget1869 inch1884 shorty1888 titch1888 skimpling1890 stub1890 scrap1898 pygmoid1922 lofty1933 peewee1935 smidgen1952 pint-size1954 pint-sized1973 munchkin1974 1864 J. Anster tr. J. W. von Goethe Faustus: 2nd Pt. ii. 188 Pygmies, Emmets, Fingerlings [Ger. Däumerlinge],—And other active little things. 1867 Contemp. Rev. 6 50 Thumblings and Fingerlings whom the Pygmies have enslaved. 4. North American. A small vegetable of the size and shape of a finger; esp. (a) a young carrot; (b) a small, narrow type of potato, some varieties of which have pink, purple, or yellow skin or flesh (more fully fingerling potato). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > potato > types of baker1651 Irish potato1664 sprout1771 London lady1780 ox-noble1794 pink-eye1795 kidney1796 Suriname1796 round1800 yam potato1801 bluenose1803 yam1805 bead-potato1808 Murphy1811 lumper1840 blue1845 salmon1845 merino1846 regent1846 pink1850 redskin potato1851 fluke1868 snowflake1882 magnum1889 ware1894 snowdrop1900 King Edward1902 Majestic1917 red1926 fingerling1930 Pentland1959 chipper1961 Maris Peer1963 Maris Piper1963 1930 W. W. Chenoweth Food Preserv. viii. 87 The small carrots which are often thinned out of the rows, also the small ones at harvest time, ‘the fingerlings’, are generally wasted. 1937 M. Free Gardening xxi. 340 Carrots, pulled when they are of fingerling size, possess an incomparable delicacy of flavour. 1974 Org. Gardening & Farming Feb. 55/2 Fingerlings [sc. potatoes] mature in 90 to 115 days, so they can be planted from late March to the end of June. 1980 Christian Sci. Monitor 14 Mar. 14 Unless you're of German extraction, chances are that you've never tasted the tiny fingerling potato. 1998 B. Kafka Soup 92 There are round potatoes that describe themselves, and fingerlings are shaped like small link sausages. 2000 J. Harris Blackberry Wine (2001) xlii. 216 In the cold frame..he had already seeded some baby vegetables—Little Gem lettuces and fingerling carrots and parsnips. 2011 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 23 July (Final ed.) e7 For this recipe, try to use Pemberton fingerling potatoes for their rich and buttery texture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1440
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