| 释义 |
spelding Sc.|ˈspɛldɪŋ|
Also 7–8 spelden, 8–9 -in, 9 -ane.
[f. speld v. + -ing1. Cf. next and the earlier spalderling.]
A small split fish, preserved by being dried in the sun.
1537in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. (1883) 608/1 Reddend. annuatim..pro Fischarhill 40 sol. pro lie kayn speldingis. 1547Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. IX. 106 Item, mair for ane card of speldinges, put in the said castell, price vj li. a1682Sempill Blythsome Wedding 63 And there will be partans, and buckies, Speldens, and haddocks anew. 1722Ramsay Three Bonnets iv. 169 Swift hame and feast upon a spelding. 1785Boswell Tour Hebrides 50, I bought some speldings, fish (generally whitings) salted and dried in a particular manner. 1805McIndoe Poems 107 This trout..was faulded in twa like a speldin. 1883Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 67 Dried Sprats,..Soft Speldings, Whitebait. |