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catlings

catlings is the plural of catling.

Meaning of catling

Noun

catling (plural catlings)

  1. (archaic) 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
  2. 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...
  3. 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

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Questions about catlings

What is catlings the plural of?
Catlings is the plural of catling.

Words near catlings in the dictionary

  1. catlikeness
  2. catlin
  3. catline
  4. catlines
  5. catling
  6. catlings
  7. catlinite
  8. catlinites
  9. catlins
  10. catloaf
  11. catloafed

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