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† ˈmereswine Obs.
Forms: see mere n.1 and swine; also 6 marswyn, Sc. meir-, meyrswyne, 8–9 meer swine.
[OE. męreswín, lit. ‘sea-swine’, f. męre mere n.1 + swín swine. Cf. the equivalent OHG. meriswîn (MHG. mereswîn, mod.G. meerschwein), whence F. marsouin. Cf. marsouin.]
A dolphin or porpoise.
c725Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) B. 166 Bacarius, meresuin. c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 334 Nim mere-swines fel. c1325Metr. Hom. 25 The thride dai mersuine and qualle, And other gret fises alle Sal yel. 1419Liber Albus (Rolls) I. 343 Item, de mereswyn, quantum dabit. 1541Bellenden Descr. Alb. ix. in Cron. Scot. B vj b, This Frith [of Forth] is rycht plentuus of coclis,..pellok, merswyne, and quhalis. 1710Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross 49 The bigger [sort] beareth the Name of Dolphin; and our Fishers call them Meer-swines. 1822Carlyle Early Lett. (1886) II. 70 Waugh fixed his eye on an enormous meerswine. |