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ˈsand-eel
Also 4–5 sandel, 4 sandhell, 5 sawndel, 6 sand el.
[f. sand n.2 + eel n.]
1. A fish of the genus Ammodytes, having a slender, cylindrical, silvery body resembling that of an eel.
1307Durh. Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 3 In c de makerell,..cccc di. merling. et sandelis. 1338Ibid. 35 In Sandhells empt. pro familia die Veneris, 14d. 1425–6Ibid. 620 Et de 3s. 4d. rec. pro tractatu de Sandeelez. c1440–60[see sandling1 1]. [ 1558Rondelet Gesn. Hist. Anim. iv. 1260 De Ammodyte pisce, vt nos vocauimus, pro Anglico Sandilz.] 1671Ray in Phil. Trans. VI. 2276 Those little long fishes, which our Fishermen dig out of the Sands at low water, and therefore call in some places Sand-Eeles. c1711Petiver Gazophyl. vi. lix, Brasil Sand Eel... About 9 Inches long; very good Meat. 1880Günther Fishes 550 The ‘Sand-eels’ or ‘Launces’ (Ammodytes) are extremely common on sandy shores of Europe and North America.
2. N. Z. The fish Gonorhynchus greyi.
1891in Century Dict.
Hence ˈsand-eeling, fishing for sand-eels.
1862Ansted Channel Isl. ii. ix. (ed. 2) 212 Sand-eeling at midnight..is one of the amusements of all classes. |