banstickle
(ˈbænstɪk(ə)l)
5–; also 5 baynstikille, (bafynstylkylle), beynstekle, banstykyll, 6–8 bansticle.
[prob. repr. an OE. *bánsticels, f. bán bone + sticels prick, sting; cf. G. stachelfisch.]
Name of the Three-spined Stickleback.
| c 1450 Henryson Mor. Fab. 65, I can neither fish with huke nor net, To take ane banstickle. 1483 Cath. Angl. 17 Bafynstylkylle (v.r. Baynstikille); gamerus, asparagus. 1552 Huloet, Bansticle, trachida. 1611 Cotgr., Espinoche, banstickle, or stickleback. 1787 Best Angling 61 The common Prickleback, Sharpling or Banstickle. 1857 Wright Provinc. Dict., Banstickle, the Stickleback..In Wiltshire it is called a banticle. |