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Webster 1913 Edition


Spurling

Spur′ling

(-lĭng)
,
Noun.
[See
Sparling
.]
(Zool.)
A tern.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Tusser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Spurling

SPURLING

,
Noun.
A small sea fish.

Definition 2024


spurling

spurling

English

Noun

spurling (plural spurlings)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A tern.
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