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† ˈmerling Obs.
Also 4–5 marlynge, 4–6 merlinge, 5 marlyng, 5–6 merlyng(e, 8 merlin.
[ad. OF. merlanke, merlanc, merlenc (mod.F. merlan), f. merle:—L. merula some kind of fish (app. a transferred use of merula blackbird, merle n.); the suffix is believed to be of Germanic origin, = -ing3.]
The whiting, Gadus merlangus.
1307–8Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 3 Merlinges. c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 834 Mustard is metest with..makerelle, & also withe merlynge. 1513Bk. Keruynge in Babees Bk. 167 Marlynge, makrell, and hake, with butter. 1525in Excerpta e libris domicilii Jacobi Quinti (Bann. Cl.) 7, lxxxiiij merlingis,..perches,..fundolis. 1611Cotgr., Merlan, a whiting, a Merling. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Merlin or Merling, a kind of Fish. 1736Ainsworth Lat. Dict. ii, Merula..a fish called a merling, a whiting. |