Obs. [ad. G. schmerling. Cf. Da. smer-, Sw. smärling.] A loach or groundling.
[1617. Moryson, Itin., III. 81. They have one most delicate kinde, called Smerling, which in Prussen I did eate.]
1668. Charleton, Onomast., 157. Cobites Aculeata,… the Smerlin. [Hence in Ainsworth (1736), and later Dicts.]
