sharplingn.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > other nails
scotsem nail1273
scotnail1293
foot nail1406
seam1406
sharpling1415
grope1425
cannel-nail1566
boss-nail1697
common nail1698
cut nail1795
1415 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1882) (modernized text) III. 447 Sharplings.
1456 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 67 cc sharplynges.
1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 201 Item, for a quarter of sharpenge [sic: ? an error] for the rother, iiijd.
1526 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 100 Pro vij c. sharpling, 4s. 8d.
1538 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 109 Pro vj. m. shaplyng 4s.:..c shaplinges 8d.
2. dialect. The Stickleback. Cf. shaftling n.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > family Gasterosteidae > member of (stickleback)
sticklinga1400
stitlingc1425
sticklebacka1475
shaftling1558
sharpling1558
stansticklea1637
hackle1655
pricklefish1668
prickling1668
jack sharp?1758
tittlebat1781
Jack Sharpnails1787
thorny-back1811
struttle1821
bandie1825
tinker1833
thornback1859
tiddler1885
1558 Gesner's Hist. Anim. IV. 10 De Piscicvlo Acvleato..Anglicum eius nomen Scharplyng.
1686 F. Willughby & J. Ray De Hist. Piscium 341 A Stickleback, Banstickle, or Sharpling.
1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling i. xxx. 67 The Stickleback or Sharpling.
1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 76 The Roughtailed Stickleback. Banstickle, Sharplin. Scotland.
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