spelding Sc.
(ˈspɛldɪŋ)
Also 7–8 spelden, 8–9 -in, 9 -ane.
[f. speld v. + -ing1. Cf. next and the earlier spalderling.]
A small split fish, preserved by being dried in the sun.
| 1537 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. (1883) 608/1 Reddend. annuatim..pro Fischarhill 40 sol. pro lie kayn speldingis. 1547 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. IX. 106 Item, mair for ane card of speldinges, put in the said castell, price vj li. a 1682 Sempill Blythsome Wedding 63 And there will be partans, and buckies, Speldens, and haddocks anew. 1722 Ramsay Three Bonnets iv. 169 Swift hame and feast upon a spelding. 1785 Boswell Tour Hebrides 50, I bought some speldings, fish (generally whitings) salted and dried in a particular manner. 1805 M{supc}Indoe Poems 107 This trout..was faulded in twa like a speldin. 1883 Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 67 Dried Sprats,..Soft Speldings, Whitebait. |