sparling noun.
['spɑ:lɪŋ] Now chiefly
Scot. &
north. ME.[Aphet. from Old French esperlinge (mod. éperlan), of Germanic origin (cf. Middle Low German, Middle Dutch spirlinc, German Spierling). Cf. SPIRLING.]The smelt,
Osmerus eperlanus. Formerly also, any of various other fishes resembling small herring.
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