单词 | botling |
释义 | † botlingn. Obsolete. The chub, Squalius cephalus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > cyprinus cephalus (chub) chevinc1450 chub1496 chavender?a1500 pollard1585 botlinga1609 guff1655 sea-chub1668 poll1755 skelly1769 fallfisha1811 big-head1820 a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) sig. D2 The Peele, the Tweat, the Botling, and the rest. 1657 T. Barker Barker's Delight 51 It [sc. salmon-roe] is a speciall bait for Dace, or Dare, good for Chub, or Bottlin, or Grayling. ?1758 R. Bowlker Art of Angling Improved 5 The Names of our Fresh-Water Fish are..Chub or Botling [etc.]. 1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 105 The chub, chevin, or bottling neither affords good sport to the angler nor a good dish. 1902 Sewanee Rev. Apr. 204 Whether the sport be..with salmon, peel, tweat, or botling, it depends for its highest enjoyment on certain gifts and qualities of mind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1609 |
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