† lampret Obs.
Also 7 lamprete, -prid.
[Orig. a mere var. of lamprey; but the ending was apprehended as the dim. suffix -et1.]
A lamprey at a certain stage of growth.
| 1656 W. D. tr. Comenius' Gate Lat. Unl. §153. 45 Others are smooth, slippery, long, as the Eel, the Conger, the Lamprey, the Lamprete. 1688 R. Holme Armoury ii. 325/2 How several sorts of Fish are named according to their Age, or Growth... A Lamprey, first a Lampron—Grigg, then a Lampret, then a Lamprell, then a Lamprey. A Lampron, first a Barle, then a Barling, then a Lamprell, and then a Lamprey or Lampron. |