Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A young animal; a whelp or cub.
- n. Specifically, a young cat; a kitten.
- Young; innocent-looking.
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete Any young animal, especially a kitten.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Obs. or Scot. A young kitten; a whelp.
Etymologies
- From Middle English kiteling ("kitten, kit"), from Old Norse ketlingr ("kitten"), diminutive of kǫttr ("cat"), equivalent to kit + -ling. Cognate with Norwegian ketling ("kitten"). More at kitten. (Wiktionary)
Examples
““Feeding your pets, kitling?” said a rough, base voice, and Dougal looked up to see a broad-shouldered charr lurching toward them.”
“Evur sinse I wuz a kitling, I has wished I cud be a notter.”
Plz for penniez a day - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“The very positive kitling has promulgated the idea of a journal entry filled with positive happy good lovely things, bless her.”
“If they will mix malice in their sports I shall never consent to throw them any living, sentient creature whatsoever; no, not so much as a kitling to torment.”
“German, who coming in winter-time into an inn to sup with him and some other of his friends, the woman of the house being acquainted with his temper (lest he should depart at the sight of a young cat which she kept to breed up), had beforehand hid her kitling in a chest in the same room where we sat at supper.”
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 419 Volume 17, New Series, January 10, 1852
“If they will mix malice in their sports, I shall never consent to throw them any living, sentient creature whatsoever, no, not so much as a kitling, to torment.”
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12)
“Then to Gresham College, and there did see a kitling killed almost quite, but that we could not quite kill her, with such a way; the ayre out of a receiver, wherein she was put, and then the ayre being let in upon her revives her immediately;”
“College, and there did see a kitling killed almost quite, but that we could not quite kill her, with such a way; the ayre out of a receiver, wherein she was put, and then the ayre being let in upon her revives her immediately;”
“Odd terms number brisket ` animal breast, 'kitling ` young of an animal; kitten', scrag ` lean person or animal, 'and tyke, originally”
“The first was on a bird and the second on "a kitling" (Birch's "History," vol. ii., p. 25).] nay, and this ayre is to be made by putting together a liquor and some body that ferments, the steam of that do do the work.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘kitling’.
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(LING)uistics
Words ending in 'ling'
youngling, fledgling, quisling, ridgeling, stripling, kitling, scatterling, earthling, foundling, hatchling, sapling, seedling and 7 more...
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ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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Words I Should Use In English Papers
exactly what the title said
snell, kitling, felo-de-se, ratch, salina, triskaidekaphobia, weltanschauung, literatim
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3255 more...
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krystaline's crystalline synonyms
ohohoho.
clear, transluscent, luculent, hyaline, kitling, perspicuity
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