podley Sc.
(ˈpəʊdlɪ)
Forms: 6 podlo, 7 pudlo, 7–8 podly, -lay, 8–9 -lie, 9 podle, -ley, poddle, -lie.
[In 16th c. podlo' for podlock, early form of pollack, q.v. (Cf. banno', banna, bannie, from bannock, haddo', haddie, from haddock, etc.)]
The fry or young of the coal-fish (Pollachius or Merlangus carbonarius); also, the true pollack (Pollachius pollachius). Cf. podler, pollack.
| 1525 in Exc. e Libris Dom. Jac. V (Bann. Cl.) 8 Bukez, solis, podlois. 1684 Sibbald Scotia Illustr. ii. iii. 23 Asellus fuscus:..a Podly. 1698 M. Martin Voy. St. Kilda (1749) 16 There are also..Pudloes, Herring, and many more. 1753 Maitland Hist. Edin. ii. 189 Perches, Podlays, Skate. 1792 Statist. Acc. Scot. IV. 537 A few small cod, podlies, and flounders. 1806 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 220 Lobsters, partans, podles. 1838 [see prec.]. 1892 Stevenson Across the Plains 209 The podley is hardly to be regarded as a dainty for the table. 1896 J. H. Campbell Wild Life Scot. 131 Among the poddles, as the young of the saithe and lythe are called. |