The German name for the grayling; in some Dicts. treated as Eng.
1658. Hoole, Comenius’ Vis. World, xxxiv. 71. Others of this sort are … the Barbel, the Esch [orig. der Esch], the Trout.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Esch … a name given, by Hildegard and others, to the fish we call the grayling. [In some mod. Dicts.]
