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spirling Now only Sc.|ˈspɜːlɪŋ|
Also 5–6 spyrlyng(e.
[a. MLG. spirling or MDu. spierling: cf. sparling and spurling.]
The smelt, Osmerus eperlanus.
c1425Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 641 Hic gamerus, spyrlyng. c1440Promp. Parv. 52/2 Broche for spyrlynge or herynge, spiculum. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xxv. 95 Quhair fische to sell is non bot spirling. 1526Househ. Exp. Sir T. Lestrange (B.M. Add. MS. 27448) fol. 38 Item, in playce, vj d. Item, in Spyrlyngs, j d. 1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. xvii. 143 Sticklebacks and minoes, and spirlings, and anchovaes. 1668Charleton Onomast. 143 Apua,..the Spirling, Smy, or Sea-Dace. 1769De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. (ed. 7) IV. 19 Trouts, Perch, Pike, Scate,..Lyths, Spirlings..are also caught on the Scottish coasts in great plenty. 1830M. Donovan Dom. Econ. II. 187 The Smelt or Spirling is remarkable for two qualities, the transparency of its body, and its odoriferous smell. 1870P. H. MacKerlie Lands & Owners Galloway I. 35 This river has salmon and that delicate fish the spirling.
attrib.1887Scottish Leader 20 Sept. 4 Salmon..illegally caught in the spirling nets. Ibid., The interdict..would not interfere with spirling fishing. |