padle
English
Noun
padle (plural padles)
- (Scotland, dated) Cyclopterus lumpus, the lumpsucker or lumpfish.
- 1807, “Fish Market”, in The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, volume 69, page 364:
- The Padle of our market is the male Lump fish (Cyclopterus Lumpus.) The female is called Hush by our fishers; but it is seldom brought to market, being much inferior to the male for the table.
- 1809, John Roberton, A Treatise on Medical Police, and on Diet, Regimen:
- The male lump-fish, or padle, is brought to market in April and May.
- 1838, Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society for the years 1831-37, volume 7:
- The Lump Fish or Padle, as it is named in Scotland is often taken in the Firth of Forth in the salmon-nets and Musselburgh and Queensferry, generally about the month of June, and entirely disappears after the month of August.
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Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
padle (present tense padlar, past tense padla, past participle padla, passive infinitive padlast, present participle padlande, imperative padl/padle)
- to paddle (a canoe, kayak etc.)
Alternative forms
References
- “padle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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