|
|
Definition of Kitling
1. n. A young kitten; a whelp.
Definition of Kitling
1. Noun. (obsolete) Any young animal, especially a kitten. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kitling
1. a young animal [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kitling
Literary usage of Kitling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq.: Abridged by Robert Boyle (1725)
"We took a kitling one day old, and put him into a very ... We then fent for a
kitling of the fame litter, which being put into the fame receiver, ..."
2. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1903)
"... His kitling eyes begin to run Quite through the table, where he spies The
horns of papery butterflies ; Of which he eats, and tastes a little Of that we ..."
3. The Old and Middle English by Thomas Laurence Kington-Oliphant (1878)
"The Scandinavian word kitling is first seen.1 The old ... that he will never
throw the people any creature to torment, ' BO, not so much as a kitling. ..."
4. The Old and Middle English by Thomas Laurence Kington-Oliphant (1878)
"The Scandinavian word kitling is first seen.1 The old ... that he will never
throw the people any creature to torment, 'no, not so much as a kitling. ..."
5. Journal by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1873)
"When he was come home, and had put of his mour- and his Scul covered over with
gilt lether, and crested tolde her his adventure, which when a kitling which ..."
6. A Glossary of Words Used in the Dialect of Cheshire by Egerton Leigh (1877)
"kitling, s.—The word which in Cheshire is universally used for kitten, w. ...
Major," he rejoined, " did you ever know the kitling bring a mouse to t' ould ..."
7. Two Collections of Derbicisms Containing Words and Phrases in a Great by Samuel Pegge, Thomas Hallam (1896)
"See Ray, who has, ' a milking pail like a churn, with two ears and a cover ; '
but they have no cover in Derbyshire. kitling ..."
Other Resources:
