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spirling


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smelt  \Smelt\,  n.  [AS.  smelt,  smylt;  akin  to  Dan.  smelt.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  Any  one  of  numerous  species  of  small  silvery 
  salmonoid  fishes  of  the  genus  {Osmerus}  and  allied  genera, 
  which  ascend  rivers  to  spawn,  and  sometimes  become 
  landlocked  in  lakes.  They  are  esteemed  as  food,  and  have  a 
  peculiar  odor  and  taste. 
 
  Note:  The  most  important  species  are  the  European  smelt 
  ({Osmerus  eperlans})  (called  also  {eperlan}, 
  {sparling},  and  {spirling}),  the  Eastern  American  smelt 
  ({O.  mordax}),  the  California  smelt  ({O.  thalichthys}), 
  and  the  surf  smelt  ({Hypomesus  olidus}).  The  name  is 
  loosely  applied  to  various  other  small  fishes,  as  the 
  lant,  the  California  tomcod,  the  spawn  eater,  the 
  silverside. 
 
  2.  Fig.:  A  gull;  a  simpleton.  [Obs.]  --Beau.  &  Fl 
 
  {Sand  smelt}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  silverside. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spirling  \Spirl"ing\,  n. 
  Sparling.  [Prov.  Eng.]