? Obs. or dial. [f. LOB sb.2 + KEELING sb.1] The coalfish.

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c. 1325.  Metr. Hom., 136. Riht als sturioun etes merling, And lobbekeling etes sperling.

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1880–4.  F. Day, Brit. Fishes, I. 295. Gadus virens … Coal-fish … lob, lob-keeling [etc.].

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