Definition of Fatling

1. n. A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food.

Definition of Fatling

1. Noun. A young animal (especially a calf or lamb) which has been fattened for slaughter. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fatling

1. a young animal fattened for slaughter [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fatling

fatigue crack
fatigue duty
fatigue fever
fatigue fracture
fatigue party
fatigue strength
fatigued
fatigues
fatiguing
fatiguingly
fatiloquent
fating
fatism
fatless
fatlike
fatling (current term)
fatlings
fatliquoring
fatly
fatner
fatners
fatness
fatnesses
fatoush
fatoushes
fats
fatshedera
fatshederas
fatshionista
fatshionistas

Literary usage of Fatling

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

1. Sermons by S. R. L. Gaussen (1830)
"The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little ..."

2. Manna in the house; or, Daily expositions of the Gospels. St. Matthew (St by Barton Bouchier (1853)
"... and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them." Even so, come, Lord Jesus ! SECTION LXIII. ..."

3. The conciliator, a reconcilement of the apparent contradictions in holy by Menasseh b. Israel (1842)
"And it came to pass, when ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he God helped the Levites that bare the Ark sacrificed an ox and a fatling. of the Covenant of ..."

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