Definition of Catling

1. Noun. A long double-edged knife used for amputations.

Generic synonyms: Surgical Knife

Definition of Catling

1. n. A little cat; a kitten.

Definition of Catling

1. Noun. A little cat; a kitten. ¹

2. Noun. catgut; a catgut string ¹

3. Noun. (surgery) A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Catling

1. a surgical knife [n -S]

Medical Definition of Catling

1. A long, sharp-pointed, double-edged knife used in amputations. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catling

cationotropy
cations
catjang
catjang pea
catjangs
catkinate
catkind
catkinlike
catkins
catless
catlicker
catlickers
catlike
catlin
catling (current term)
catlings
catlinite
catlinites
catlins
catloaf
catloaves
catlore
catmab
catmeat
catmint
catmints
catnap
catnaper
catnapers

Literary usage of Catling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Great industries of the United States: being an historical summary of by Horace Greeley (1873)
"The first gun of this kind was built by the inventor, RJ catling, MD, ... In the autumn of 1862 Dr. catling went to Cincinnati, and had six of his guns ..."

2. Stories of Indiana by Maurice Thompson (1898)
"RICHARD JORDAN catling. " ENTUCKY gave Lincoln to Indiana; ... Dr. catling was born on September 12, 1818, in Hertford County, North Carolina. ..."

3. The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers of the Collegiate Church Or by Joseph Lemuel Chester (1876)
"9 Anne catling :s in the Dark Cloister. 17|i Feb. ... 5 Dau. of John catling, bell-ringer, etc. (see bis burial 29 May 1762), by Mary his wife (see her ..."

4. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"... catling, Knife, doable-edged. CATO, tara, 'below,' 'beneath.' This word, in the writings of Hippocrates, is often used for the abdomen, especially the ..."

5. The State Records of North Carolina by North Carolina, Walter Clark, William Laurence Saunders, Stephen Beauregard Weeks (1910)
"catling, Edward, a JP, 2. 526. catling, Edward, allowance to, 12. 120. ... catling, Jno., in militia, 22. 359. catling (Gatlin), John, land grant to, 4. ..."

6. Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society by Connecticut Historical Society (1897)
"... Goodwin Joseph "Wadsworth Jacob white Tho : Olcott Senr John catling Edward cadwell. A meeting of the Towne of Hartford Septr. 21. 1696. ..."

7. Roscoe's Digest of the Law of Evidence on the Trial of Actions at Nisi Prius by Henry Roscoe, Maurice Powell (1884)
"1124, DP ; or, by a trustee selling under a trust for sale ; catling v. King, 5 Ch. D. 660 ; or, it appears that the sale is by a company in possession ..."

8. Records of the Town of Newark, New Jersey: From Its Settlement in 1666, to by Newark (N.J.) (1864)
"catling, Jno. Curtes, Jno. Brown, Jun'r and Wm. Camp, are Chosen to Lay out this Second division of Salt Meadows. Any Two of these, with one of the Old Ones ..."

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