sandlingn.1
/ˈsandlɪŋ/ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Ammodytoidei ( sand-lances) > member of genus Ammodytes (sand-eel)
sand-eel1307
sandlingc1440
smould1605
lant1620
launce1623
ammodyte1698
sand-launce1776
gibbin1798
wriggle1816
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 441/1 Sandel, or sandelynge, fische, auguilla arenalis.
c1460 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) Sawndel, or sawndelynge.
1526 Househ. Expenses Sir T. Le Strange (BL MS Add. 27448) f. 30v Item, in whytyngs and sandlyngs, xid.
2. A small flatfish; a dab.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Pleuronectidae > limanda limanda (dab)
dab1577
sandling1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Barbue,..a kind of lesse Turbot, or Turbot~like fish, called by some, a Dab, or Sandling.
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. lx. 236 Dabs and Sand [l] ings.
1834 A. Smart Rambling Rhymes 90 (E.D.D.) Down by the Watermou' to wade An' howk for sandlings side by side Wi' nimble hand.
1907 Nation (N.Y.) 5 Oct. 13/1 Dabs or sandlings with the white side semi-transparent.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
sandlingn.2
/ˈsandlɪŋ/ local.
(See quots.)
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1794 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Suffolk 12 The title of sandling being given peculiarly to the country south of the line of Woodbridge and Orford, where a large extent of poor, and even blowing sands is found.
1794 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Suffolk 42.
1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 ii. 265 The eastern maritime sandy districts or sandlings, and the north-west sandy districts or fieldings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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