† streamlingn.1
Obsolete. rare.
= streamlet n.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > streamling or streamlet
lake955
sikec1330
streamleta1552
streamling1605
rain1611
rean1611
streamie1789
draw1864
tricklet1880
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 374 In two square creases of vnequall sises To turne two yron streamlings he deuises.
1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 213 Wipe, wipe, those eyes with briny streamelings drownd.
1621 R. Brathwait Shepheards Tales 32 Hadst thou seene..What crimson streamlins flow'd from either of vs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
† streamlingn.2
Obsolete. rare.
A kind of small herring found in the Baltic and the Swedish lakes.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Clupeidae and herrings > unspecified types
streamling1694
stromming1839
1694 Bp. J. Robinson Acct. Sueden i. 9 These..Lakes..are not ill stored with varieties of Fish,..of which the most plentiful is the Streamling.
1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire III. 169 The streamlings, a degenerate species of herring, are everywhere found in the..Baltic.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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