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Definition of Tanling
1. n. One tanned by the sun.
Definition of Tanling
1. Noun. One tanned by the sun. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tanling
1. a person tanned by the sun [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tanling
Literary usage of Tanling
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)
"tanling, i. One who is subject to the tanning influence of the sun ; a diminutive
from tan. To have the courtesy your cradle promis'd, But to be still hot ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"See TJ There is no more authority for tant- ling, than tanling, the derivation
is more forced, and it suits the passage worse. ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"... which the hold is so arranged that oil or other liquid can be carried in bulk.
tanling (tan/ling), ». ..."
4. The History of English Poetry: From the Close of the Eleventh Century to the by Thomas Warton (1840)
"... one who had won much money of the king at cards and lia- tanling, was employed
to recover the cardinal's eye. p. 175. In the Boke of Coll» Clout, ..."
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