haslet, harslet
(ˈheɪslɪt, ˈhɑːslɪt)
Forms: α. 4–5 hastelet, 4–7 hastlet, 5 hasselet, 6 haselet, 6–7 haslett, -e, 7– haslet. β. 6– harslet, (7 harselet, (harsnet), 8 harcelet).
[a. OF. hastelet (mod.F. hâtelettes) roasted meat, dim. of haste a spit, a piece of roasted meat (cf. obs. F. hastilles ‘th' inwards of a beast’, Cotgr.):—L. hasta spear. The spelling harslet appears to arise from the long ā.]
A piece of meat to be roasted, esp. part of the entrails of a hog; pig's fry; also, the ‘pluck’ or ‘gather’ (heart, liver, etc.) of other animals, as the sheep, calf, etc.
| 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1612 He britnez out þe brawen in bryȝt brode scheldez & hatz out þe hastlettez. ? c 1390 Form of Cury (1780) 83 Hastlets of Fruyt. Take Fygs iquarterid, Raysons hool, [etc.]. a 1440 Sir Degrev. 1399 Hastelettus in galantyne. c 1450 Two Cookery-bks. 106 Take a Turbut, and kut of þe vynnes in maner of a hastelette, and broche him on a rounde broche, and roste him. 1530 Palsgr. 229/2 Haselet of a hogge, haste menve. 1653 H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. xxx. 121 Concerning hogs..some..sell nothing but the chitterlings, the sweet-breads, the blood, and the haslets. 1796 H. Glasse Cookery ii. 7 In a hog..the haslet which is the liver and crow, kidney and skirts. 1812 Combe Picturesque xxvi. 106 A rich Haslet at the fire, Will give you all you can desire. 1872 Frere Aristoph., Frogs II. 242 Keep quiet—and watch for a chance of a piece of the haslets. |
| β 1585 Higins tr. Junius' Nomenclator 87 A haggise: some call it a chitterling: some a hogs harslet. 1664 Pepys Diary 10 Mar., A good hog's harslet, a piece of meat I love. 1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. Dedekindus' Grobianus 235 A roasted Harslet on the Table stood. 1866 Felton Anc. & Mod. Gr. I. v. 365 Poultry and meat..calf's pluck, pig's harslet and chine..finished the course. |
| attrib. 1677 Charleton Exercit. de diff. et nomin. Anim. (ed. 2) 13 Apexabones, Harslet-Puddings. |