† ˈshelden Obs.
Also -in.
[app. f. sheld a. (? + ende).]
The golden-eye, Clangula glaucion.
| a 1672 Willughby Ornith. (1678) 28 This was sent us from Cambridge by the title of Shelden, I suppose so denominated from its being particoloured of black and white, that is Sheld. 1674 Dent in Ray's Philos. Lett. (1718) 21 Some Water Fowl, viz. a Pocker, a Smew, three Sheldins. |