† shaftlingn.
Obsolete.
The stickleback.
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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. 896 De Pungitio... Angli Scharplyng uel Shaftlyng nominant.
1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) Shaftling, sharplinge, stickling, sticklebanke, or banstickle, aculeatus pisciculus, Pungitius, Centriscus.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A sharpling, or shaftlin fish [1611 shaftin-fish].
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