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Definition of Spelding
1. n. A haddock or other small fish split open and dried in the sun; -- called also speldron.
Definition of Spelding
1. a haddock [n -S] - See also: haddock
Medical Definition of Spelding
1. A haddock or other small fish split open and dried in the sun. Synonym: speldron. Origin: Scot. Speld to spread out, spelder to split. Spread open; cf. G. Spalten split. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spelding
Literary usage of Spelding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fish and Fisheries: A Selection from the Prize Essays of the International by David Herbert (1883)
"In geographical sequence the spelding Cure comes next, it being practised
extensively on the east Aberdeenshire coast, beginning at Newburgh, twelve miles ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1905)
"Another was to make him eat a spelding. " He did not like it," is the short ...
The spelding used to be served free by publicans as a thirst- raiser ! ..."
3. Vital Records of Sturbridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 by Sturbridge (Mass.) (1906)
"SPAULDING (see spelding). SPEAR, Elizabeth [int. adds wid. ... spelding, Nabby [int.
Spaulding] of Charlton, and Aaron Stockwell, Aug. 29, 1799. ..."
4. The Law Journal Reports: New Series (1883)
"Even if the intention is not apparent on the face of the will, it can be shewn
by parol evidence. He referred to spelding v. ..."
5. Magna Britannia Antiqua & Nova: Or, A New, Exact, and Comprehensive Survey by Thomas Cox, Anthony Hall, Robert Morden (1738)
"... a Knight, gave to the Monti of spelding his Chapel, with its Rents in tbc (âme
Village for the entertaining of Strangers, ..."
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