† ˈgoldeney Obs.
Also 6–7 goldn(e)y, gold(e)nie, golden-eye.
[? f. golden a. + -y4; cf. blacky, brownie1, etc. The form golden-eye is prob. due to a misunderstanding.]
The name of some fish, perhaps the golden wrasse, but commonly used (like gilt-head) to render L. aurata or scarus.
| 1552 Huloet s.v., Gilt hed or goldney fishe which cheweth like a beast, aurata marina. 1589 Cogan Haven Health clxxxiv. (1636) 167 Among which he [Galen] reckoneth the whiting, the perch, the gilthead or goldnie. 1591 Sylvester Du Bartas i. v. 314 (margin) The Golden-eye or Guilt-head. 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. Introd., Fishes, which are..saxatile, living neer stones, and are squammose; as the Golden eye. |