Middle English Dictionary Entry
shark n.
Entry Info
| Forms | shark n. |
| Etymology | Origin unknown. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A shark.
Associated quotations
- (1442) Let.Bekynton in RS 56.2184 : Circiter horam vijam in sero per æstimationem navem sequebatur piscis vocatus le Shark, qui quidem piscis percutiebatur bis cum uno harpingyren et recessit.