Obs. rare. Also 5 stytlyng. Corrupt form of STICKLING, a stickleback.
c. 1425. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 641/28. Hic scorpio, stytlyng.
1823. Dame Wiggins of Lee, in Ruskin’s Wks. (1903), II. 521. To comply with their wish To spend all their play-time In learning to fish For stitlings.
