单词 | spirling |
释义 | spirlingn. Now only Scottish. The smelt, Osmerus eperlanus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > [noun] > family Osmeridae(smelts) > osmerus eperlanus (smelt) smeltc725 sprotOE sparling1307 spirlingc1425 spurlinga1471 prim1668 spirinchea1682 c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 641 Hic gamerus, spyrlyng. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 52/2 Broche for spyrlynge or herynge, spiculum. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 277 Quhair fische to sell is nane bot spyrling. 1526 Househ. Expenses Sir T. Le Strange (BL MS Add. 27448) f. 38 Item, in playce, vj d. Item, in Spyrlyngs, j d. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xvii. 143 Sticklebacks and minoes, and spirlings, and anchovaes. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 143 Apua,..the Spirling, Smy, or Sea-Dace. 1742 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 3) IV. 9 Trouts, Perch, Pike, Scate,..Lyths, Spirlings..are also caught on the Scotish Coasts in great Plenty. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iii. 187 The Smelt or Spirling is remarkable for two qualities, the transparency of its body, and its odoriferous smell. 1870 P. H. MacKerlie Lands & Owners Galloway I. 35 This river has salmon and that delicate fish the spirling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1425 |
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