ˈspeldring Sc.
Also -rin, -rain, -ron.
[f. spelder v.2]
= prec.
| 1802 Sibbald Chron. S.P. Gloss., Speldings, Speldrings, small fish (as haddocks) stretched open and dried in the sun. 1834 J. Wilson Noctes Ambr. xxxiv. Wks. 1856 IV. 88 Finnans! Kipper! Speldrins! Herring! 1881 Day Fishes Gt. Brit. I. 284 Haddock..are finnan haddocks, when smoked in a peculiar manner: if simply dried, speldrings. |
| transf. 1820 Blackw. Mag. VIII. 98 Whose place, as soon as he evaporated, was filled by another strange rizzard speldron. |