catlin
catlin is the alternative form of catling.
Meaning of catling
Noun
catling (plural catlings)
- A little cat; a kitten.
- For never cat nor catling I shall find, / But mew shall they in Pluto's palace blind.a. 1649, William Drummond of Hawthornden, Phillis
- catgut; a catgut string
- but, I am sure, none, unless the fiddler Apollo get his sinews to make catlings on.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife.
- the amputation is competed by passing the catling between the separated bones, dividng the flexor tendons, &c., and forming a flap of about equal size to the superior from the integument on the sole of the foot.1825, Sir Astley Cooper, Frederick Tyrrell, The Lectures of Sir Astley Cooper, page 323
- Synonyms:
- catlin
Proper noun capitalized: Catlin
Catlin (countable and uncountable, plural Catlins)
- A surname.
- A village and township in Vermilion County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Raccoon Township, Parke County, Indiana.
- A township in Marion County, Kansas.
- A town in Chemung County, New York.
Forms of catlin
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | catlins |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Catlins |
Words formed from catlin
Questions about catlin
- What does catlin mean?
- Catlin means a surname.
- What is catlin the alternative form of?
- Catlin is the alternative form of catling.
- What part of speech is catlin?
- Catlin is a proper noun.
Words near catlin in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: catlin (page history and authors); Catlin (page history and authors); catling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “catlin.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/catlin. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.