Lexicographical Neighbors of Hidlings
Literary usage of Hidlings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Suffolk by John James Raven (1895)
"Thus we get ' hidlings' for the Latin ... cites from the Injunctions of Edward VI.
in 1548 to licensed preachers ' not to run blindly and hidlings. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"(2) Abdominal skin, eg ' Suck that into your hide' [MCHB]. *Hides. Entrails prepared
to make sausages in [Spur.]. Hiding. A beating. *hidlings. ..."
3. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet (1829)
"God hath ordained, to the revealing of all truth, and not to BOOK seek so long
blindly and hidlings after it, till they bring all _ l' orders into contempt. ..."
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