sharpling
(ˈʃɑːplɪŋ)
Also 6 shapling.
[f. sharp a. + -ling1.]
† 1. ? A kind of nail. Obs.
| 1415 in Rogers Agric. & Prices (1882) III. 447 Sharplings. 1456 in Fabric Rolls York Minster (Surtees) 67, cc sharplynges. 1465 Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.) 201 Item, for a quarter of sharpenge [sic: ? an error] for the rother, iiijd. 1526 in Fabric Rolls York Minster (Surtees) 100 Pro vij c. sharpling, 4s. 8d. 1538 Ibid. 109 Pro vj. m. shaplyng 4s.:..c shaplinges 8d. |
2. dial. The Stickleback. Cf. shaftling.
| 1558 Gesner's Hist. Anim. IV. 10 De Piscicvlo Acvleato..Anglicum eius nomen Scharplyng. a 1672 Willughby Hist. Pisc. (1686) 341 A Stickleback, Banstickle, or Sharpling. 1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling i. xxx. 67 The Stickleback or Sharpling. 1836 Yarrell Brit. Fishes I. 76 The Roughtailed Stickleback. Banstickle, Sharplin. Scotland. |