Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BANSTICKLE, Bany-Tickle, Branstickle, Banstikkel, Bairny-tickle, Bantle, n. The stickleback or the minnow. [′bɑnstɪkl Sc.; ′brɑnstɪ̢kl Ork.; ′be(r)nɪ̢tɪ̢kl Rxb.]Sh. 1914 Angus Gl.:
Banstikkel, a little fish; the stickleback.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
Branstickle, three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus, L.) . . . cf. Eng. and Sc. dial. banstickle.Rs. 1914 T.S.D.C. I. 17:
Bantles, sticklebacks. Avoch, Rs.Fif. [1710] R. Sibbald Fife and Kinross (1803) 128 Note:
Gasterosteus spinachia, Fifteen-spined Stickleback. This is the only species of these little armed fishes that frequents the sea. Other two are common in many of our rivers, and are known by the name of Banstickles.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. 48:
Bany-tickle. . . . Also bairny-tickle. . . . A species of stickleback.
