释义 |
† ˈshelden Obs. Also -in. [app. f. sheld a. (? + ende).] The golden-eye, Clangula glaucion.
a1672Willughby Ornith. (1678) 28 This was sent us from Cambridge by the title of Shelden, I suppose so denominated from its being particoloured of black and white, that is Sheld. 1674Dent in Ray's Philos. Lett. (1718) 21 Some Water Fowl, viz. a Pocker, a Smew, three Sheldins. |