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单词 spirling
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spirlingn.

Brit. /ˈspəːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈspərlɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈspɪrlɪŋ/
Forms: Also Middle English–1500s spyrlyng(e.
Etymology: < Middle Low German spirling or Middle Dutch spierling: compare sparling n. and spurling n.1
Now only Scottish.
The smelt, Osmerus eperlanus.
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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.
attributive.1887 Sc. Leader 20 Sept. 4 Salmon..illegally caught in the spirling nets.1887 Sc. Leader 20 Sept. 4 The interdict..would not interfere with spirling fishing.
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