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catling

/ ˈ°ìæ³Ù±ôɪŋ /

noun

  1. a long double-edged surgical knife for amputations
  2. rare.
    catgut or a string made from it
  3. an archaic word for kitten
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of catling1

C17: from cat 1+ -ling 1
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"Hold Bobby's collar," suggested Brice, "and I think I can get the prematurely grizzled catling to earth."

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What music will be in him when Hector has knock'd out his brains I know not; but, I am sure, none; unless the fiddler Apollo get his sinews to make catlings on.

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