† stitlingn.
Obsolete. rare.
A stickleback; = stickling n.1
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hackle1655
pricklefish1668
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jack sharp?1758
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Jack Sharpnails1787
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c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 641/28 Hic scorpio, stytlyng.
1823 Dame Wiggins of Lee in Ruskin's Wks. (1903) II. 521 To comply with their wish To spend all their play-time In learning to fish For stitlings.
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