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Definition of Mortling
1. n. An animal, as a sheep, dead of disease or privation; a morling.
Definition of Mortling
1. Noun. (UK dialect) An animal, such as a sheep, that has died of disease or privation. ¹
2. Noun. (U.K.) Wool taken from a dead sheep. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mortling
1. morkin [n -S] - See also: morkin
Medical Definition of Mortling
1. 1. An animal, as a sheep, dead of disease or privation; a mortling. 2. Wool plucked from a dead sheep; morling. See: Morling. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mortling
Literary usage of Mortling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"mortling, t. A sheep or other animal dead by disease. ... wither'd mortling, and
в piece Of carrion, ..."
2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"(A.-N.) A night-light. MORTIFY, v. To teaze. Weil. mortling, ». A poor wretched
person or thing. Norf. ..."
3. English Dialect Words of the Eighteenth Century as Shown in the "Universal by Nathan Bailey (1883)
"Mori ing-, mortling [of mort. F. mors. L. Death, and laine "Wool, ... mortling,
the same as Marling. Morys, Matures, high, and open Places. ..."
4. The Lost Beauties of the English Language: An Appeal to Authors, Poets by Charles Mackay (1874)
"A wretched withered mortling, and a piece of carrion. Nares. Mosie, rough like
the beard, hairy. Most, an augmentation of the superlative, used with great ..."
5. The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms: With a by Peter Lund Simmonds (1858)
"See mortling. MORNING-GOWN, a lady's loose undress wrapper for morning wear. ...
mortling, pelt wool; wool from the fleece of a dead sheep. ..."
6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"A wretched, withered mortling. and a piece Of carrion, wrapt up in a golden fleece.
Fasciculus Florum, p. 35. (Karet.) 2. Wool from a dead sheep. ..."
7. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"mortling, t. A sheep or other animal dead by disease. ... wither'd mortling, and
в piece Of carrion, ..."
8. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"(A.-N.) A night-light. MORTIFY, v. To teaze. Weil. mortling, ». A poor wretched
person or thing. Norf. ..."
9. English Dialect Words of the Eighteenth Century as Shown in the "Universal by Nathan Bailey (1883)
"Mori ing-, mortling [of mort. F. mors. L. Death, and laine "Wool, ... mortling,
the same as Marling. Morys, Matures, high, and open Places. ..."
10. The Lost Beauties of the English Language: An Appeal to Authors, Poets by Charles Mackay (1874)
"A wretched withered mortling, and a piece of carrion. Nares. Mosie, rough like
the beard, hairy. Most, an augmentation of the superlative, used with great ..."
11. The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms: With a by Peter Lund Simmonds (1858)
"See mortling. MORNING-GOWN, a lady's loose undress wrapper for morning wear. ...
mortling, pelt wool; wool from the fleece of a dead sheep. ..."
12. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"A wretched, withered mortling. and a piece Of carrion, wrapt up in a golden fleece.
Fasciculus Florum, p. 35. (Karet.) 2. Wool from a dead sheep. ..."
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