Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The common European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A smelt.
- noun A samlet; a smolt.
- noun A tern or sea-swallow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot. & Prov. Eng., Scot. & Prov. Eng. The European smelt (
Osmerus eperlanus ). - noun Scot. & Prov. Eng., Scot. & Prov. Eng. A young salmon.
- noun Scot. & Prov. Eng. A tern.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the common smelt of Europe
- noun common smelt of Europe
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Tales From The Margins karenhealey 2010
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The reluctance of Marthe Hardelot to leave her home when the Germans invade is conveyed not in terms of panic but in terms of possessions: "her linen cupboard, the fine sheets from Flanders, embroidered by nuns in Bruges, her kitchenware—copper pans, candlesticks, sparling bowls—and the photos of Aunt Adèle at her First Communion, and Uncle Jules ten months old, naked on a pillow."
A Supremely Disabused Writer André Aciman 2011
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Rational Review 2009
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