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Common smelt of Europe
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sparling
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WordNet
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n. common smelt of Europe [syn: European smelt ] the common smelt of Europe [syn: European smelt , Osmerus eperlanus ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Smelt \Smelt\, n. [AS. smelt, smylt; akin to Dan. smelt.] (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 ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 The European smelt (''Osmerus eperlanus''). 2 A young salmon. 3 (context UK Scotland dialect English) A tern.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sparling is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Chris Sparling (born 1977), American screenwriter, film director and actor Gordon Sparling (1900–1994), Canadian film director Jack Sparling (1916–1997), American comics artist John Sparling ...
Usage examples of sparling.
Great Sparling Combined Shows, that was to visit Edmeston on the following Thursday.
He was James Sparling, the proprietor and manager of the Great Combined Shows, but the lads were unaware of that fact.
It did not occur to him that he himself was responsible for a large part of the attendance--that the part he had played in the exciting incidents of the day had done more to advertise the Great Sparling Combined Shows than any other one factor.
It was a good act that could draw from James Sparling these signs of approval.
James Sparling, on the day following the accident, was asking himself almost the same questions.
Teddy gained the seclusion of the dressing tent than James Sparling burst in.
The educated mule and the boy became a feature of the Sparling Combined Shows from that moment on, but after that Teddy took good care not to round off his act by a high dive into the big bass horn.
If they had any he did not learn them, for their conversation was devoted principally to discussing what they had done to the Sparling show and what they would do further before they had finished with this business.
He probably did know, for little went on in the Sparling Combined Shows that he was not aware of.
Captain Sparling, as you can see from that plaque on my overloaded desk.
Even as much of a screwup as she was, she was smart enough to figure that the name Lindsey was no coincidence and that Sparling must be Mrs.