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noun. The cap or band of leather on a flail through which the thongs pass that connect the swingel to the staff. Also capling.

noun. A fish, formerly referred to the Salmonidæ under the name Salmo arcticus, now known as Mallotus villosus, and assigned to the smelt family, Argentinidœ.

noun. See capelin.

noun. The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel.

noun. Alternative form of capelin.

noun. very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes

"Early in the season, directly the ice breaks up, a little fish called the caplin, which is about the size of a smelt, runs inshore in great schools of countless millions, to spawn."

capling  

smelt  

Chaplin  

capelin