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morling

morling is the alternative form of mortling.

Meaning of mortling

Noun

mortling (countable and uncountable, plural mortlings)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) An animal, such as a sheep, that has died of disease or privation.
  2. (UK, archaic) Wool taken from a dead sheep.
    Synonyms:
    morling

Forms of morling

pluralmorlings

Questions about morling

What is morling the alternative form of?
Morling is the alternative form of mortling.

Words near morling in the dictionary

  1. Morley
  2. Morley triangle
  3. Morley triangles
  4. Morley's trisector theorem
  5. Morleys
  6. morling
  7. morlings
  8. Morlock
  9. Morlocks
  10. morlop
  11. morlops

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