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BantlingBantling Bant"ling, n. [Prob. for bandling, from band, and
meaning a child wrapped in swaddling bands; or cf. G.
b["a]ntling a bastard, fr. bank bench. Cf. Bastard, n.]
A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or
depreciatory.]
In what out of the way corners genius produces her
bantlings. --W. Irving. batling staffBatlet Bat"let, n. [Bat stick + -let.]
A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called
also batler, batling staff, batting staff. --Shak. BelittlingBelittle Be*lit"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belittled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Belittling.]
To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a
depreciatory or contemptuous way. --T. Jefferson. Bottling
Bottling Bot"tling (b[o^]t"tl[i^]ng) n.
The act or the process of putting anything into bottles (as
beer, mineral water, etc.) and corking the bottles.
BristlingBristle Bris"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bristled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bristling.]
1. To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the
bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up.
Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty Doth dogged
war bristle his angry crest. --Shak.
Boy, bristle thy courage up. --Shak.
2. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread. BrustlingBrustle Brus"tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brustled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Brustling.] [OE. brustlien and brastlien, AS. brastlian,
fr. berstan to burst, akin to G. prasseln to crackle. See
Burst, v. i.]
1. To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment. [Obs.] --Gower.
2. To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
[Obs.]
To brustle up, to bristle up. [Obs.] --Otway. Bustling
Bustling Bus"tling (b[u^]s"sl[i^]ng), a.
Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confused
activity; as, a bustling crowd. ``A bustling wharf.'
--Hawthorne.
CastlingCastle Cas"tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Castled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Castling.] (Chess)
To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the
king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the
purpose of covering the king. Castling
Castling Cast"ling, n.
That which is cast or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
--Sir T. Browne.
CastlingCastling Cas"tling, n. (Chess)
A compound move of the king and castle. See Castle, v. i. CatlingCatling Cat"ling, n. [Cat + -ing.]
1. A little cat; a kitten. ``Cat nor catling.' --Drummond.
2. Catgut; a catgut string. [R.] --Shak.
3. (Surg.) A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife.
[Spelt also catlin.] --Crobb. ChortlingChortle Chor"tle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Chortled; p. pr.
& vb. n. Chor"tling.]
A word coined by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson), and
usually explained as a combination of chuckle and snort.
[Humorous]
O frabjous day ! Callooh ! Callay ! He chortled in his
joy. --Lewis
Carroll. Courtling
Courtling Court"ling (-l?ng), n. [Court + -ling.]
A sycophantic courtier. --B. Jonson.
CutlingCutling Cut"ling (k[u^]t"l[i^]ng), n., [Cf. Cuttle a knife.]
The art of making edged tools or cutlery. [Obs.] --Milton. Eightling
Eightling Eight"ling, n. [Eight + -ling.] (Crystallog.)
A compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals.
EmbattlingEmbattle Em*bat"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embattled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Embattling.] [OF. embataillier; pref. em- (L. in) +
F. bataille battle. See Battle, and cf. Battlement.]
To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to
prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
One in bright arms embattled full strong. --Spenser.
Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the
shot heard round the world. --Emerson. Faintling
Faintling Faint"ling, a.
Timorous; feeble-minded. [Obs.] ``A fainting, silly
creature.' --Arbuthnot.
Fatling
Fatling Fat"ling, n. [Fat + -ling.]
A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for
slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used
for food.
He sacrificed oxen and fatlings. --2 Sam. vi.
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FettlingFettling Fet"tling, n.
1. (Metal.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the
hearth of a puddling furnace. [Eng.] [It is commonly
called fix in the United States.]
2. (Pottery) The operation of shaving or smoothing the
surface of undried clay ware. Firstling
Firstling First"ling, n. [First + -ling.]
1. The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals,
especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his
flock. --Milton.
2. The thing first thought or done.
The very firstlings of my heart shall be The
firstlings of my hand. --Shak.
Firstling
Firstling First"ling, a.
Firstborn.
All the firstling males. --Deut. xv.
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Gatling gun
Gatling gun Gat"ling gun` [From the inventor, R.J. Gatling.]
An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels
which, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded
and fired.
Note: The improved Gatling gun can be fired at the rate of
1,200 shots per minute. --Farrow.
Gnatling
Gnatling Gnat"ling, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small gnat.
Gruntling
Gruntling Grunt"ling, n.
A young hog.
Heartlings
Heartlings Heart"lings, interj.
An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance.
[Obs.] --Shak.
HustlingHustle Hus"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hustled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hustling.] [D. hustelen to shake, fr. husten to shake. Cf.
Hotchpotch.]
To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd
rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a
room. --Macaulay. JentlingJentling Jent"ling, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A fish of the genus Leuciscus; the blue chub of the Danube. JostlingJostle Jos"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jostled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jostling.] [A dim. of joust, just, v. See Joust, and cf.
Justle.] [Written also justle.]
To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow;
to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.
``Bullies jostled him.' --Macaulay.
Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral,
which are perpetually jostling each other. --I. Taylor. JustlingJustle Jus"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Justled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Justling.]
To push; to drive; to force by running against; to jostle.
We justled one another out, and disputed the post for a
great while. --Addison.
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