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stanstickle dial.|ˈstænstɪk(ə)l|
Also stannicle.
[Alteration of banstickle, due to alliterative association with stone n.]
= stickleback.
a1300Neckam De Utensilibus in Wright Voc. 98 Gamarus, pinosche, stanstikel. c1620New Metamorphosis (MS.) (Nares), To stansticles he did them all transforme, A fishe noe bigger then a prety worme. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia. 1893in Cozens-Hardy Broad Norf. 35 The stickleback is a stannicle. |