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banstickle
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 n...
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stanstickle
stanstickle dial. (ˈstænstɪk(ə)l) Also stannicle. [Alteration of banstickle, due to alliterative association with stone n.] = stickleback.a 1300 Neckam De Utensilibus in Wright Voc. 98 Gamarus, pinosche, stanstikel. c 1620 New Metamorphosis (MS.) (Nares), To stansticles he did them all transforme, A...
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stickleback
stickleback (ˈstɪk(ə)lbæk) Forms: 5 stykylbak, 6 sticklebanke, -banck, 6–7 stickle bag(ge, 7 stit(t)le bag(ge, 8 stittle-back, 7–9 stickle-back, 7– stickleback. [f. OE. sticel prick, sting + back n.1 Cf. the synonymous banstickle, stanstickle, stickling, tittlebat, prickleback, -bag (N. Irel. sprick...
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prickling
† ˈprickling, n. Obs. [f. prick n. + -ling1.] A name of the stickleback.1668 Charleton Onomast. 161 Pisciculus Aculeatus..the Banstickle, or Prickling. 1696 Phil. Trans. XIX. 348 A small Fish, called..Stickle-back, elsewhere Prickling.
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bandie
bandie Sc. and north. (ˈbændɪ) Also bandy. [perh. derived from banstickle.] The stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus.1825 in Jamieson. 1854 in A. E. Baker Gloss. Northampt. Words. 1876 Smiles Sc. Natur. i. 14 ‘Mother,’ said he, ‘where are my crabs and bandies?’ 1921 Glasgow Herald 25 Mar. 7/2 Little ...
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shaftling
† ˈshaftling Obs. [Perh. f. shaft n.2 + -ling, with allusion to the shape. Cf. shafflin.] The stickleback.1558 Gesner's Hist. Anim. IV. 896 De Pungitio... Angli Scharplyng uel Shaftlyng nominant. 1572 Huloet (ed. Higins), Shaftling, sharplinge, stickling, sticklebanke, or banstickle, aculeatus pisci...
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sharpling
sharpling (ˈʃɑːplɪŋ) Also 6 shapling. [f. sharp a. + -ling1.] † 1. ? A kind of nail. Obs.1415 in Rogers Agric. & Prices (1882) III. 447 Sharplings. 1456 in Fabric Rolls York Minster (Surtees) 67, cc sharplynges. 1465 Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.) 201 Item, for a quarter of sharpenge [sic: ? an error]...
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prickle-back
ˈprickle-back Also 8 -bag. [f. prickle n.1 + back n.1] Name of the three-spined stickleback.1746 Arderon in Phil. Trans. XLIV. 424 Observations made on the Bansticle, or Pricklebag, alias Prickle-back. 1787 Best Angling (ed. 2) 4 The Common Prickle Back, Sharpling, or Banstickle. 1843 James Forest D...
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spine
▪ I. spine, n.1 (spaɪn) Also 5 spyne, spin. [ad. OF. espine (mod.F. épine, = Prov. espina, Sp. espina, Pg. espinha, It. spina), or directly ad. L. spīna thorn, prickle, backbone, etc.] I. 1. a. Bot. A stiff, sharp-pointed process produced or growing from the wood of a plant, consisting of a hardened...
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