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fourling

fourling noun: one of four children born at the same birth; a quadruplet.

Noun

fourling (plural fourlings)

  1. (obsolete, rare) One of four children born at the same birth; a quadruplet.
    • Every 67th lying-in woman has twins, every 5333rd has trillings, and only every 150,000th has fourlings.1842, “Sweden as it is; Moral, Political and Statistical”, in The Foreign Quarterly Review, volume 28, number 55, page 449
    • this breed is prominent for its remarkable fecundity and yield of milk; as a rule, this goat litters once a year and drops 2 kids; occasionally trillings and fourlings.1922, The Goat World, Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Goat Industry, page 67
  2. A compound or twin crystal consisting of four individuals.

Forms of fourling

pluralfourlings

Origin of fourling

From four + -ling.

Questions about fourling

What does fourling mean?
Fourling means one of four children born at the same birth; a quadruplet.
What part of speech is fourling?
Fourling is a noun.
What is the plural of fourling?
The plural of fourling is fourlings.

Words near fourling in the dictionary

  1. Fourierists
  2. Fourierite
  3. Fourierites
  4. fourish
  5. fourlegged
  6. fourling
  7. fourlings
  8. Fourman
  9. Fourmans
  10. fourmarierite
  11. fourneau

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