Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fondling; one made tender by too much coddling; an effeminate person.
  • noun One of the first horns of a deer.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling.
  • noun (Zoöl.) One of the first antlers of a deer.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun archaic One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling.
  • noun zoology One of the first antlers of a deer.

Etymologies

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tender +‎ -ling

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