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Definition of Kittling
1. kittle [v] - See also: kittle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kittling
Literary usage of Kittling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1792)
"See the fid» in part I. of this volume. 15. Л Sermon f reacted at kittling ...
A Sermon preached at kittling and ... the author and curite of kittling and ..."
2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"kittling, *. 1. A tickling, S. " On the hill o' ... and she pointed to the starns
in the firmament with a jocosity that was just a kittling to hear. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"kittling, adj. A hare with young is called a ' kittling hare.' Knab. v. to snatch
up ; to steal. Knap. v. to strike repeated blows, as with a hammer. ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"There was—a kind o' kittling, ... in the firmament with a jocosity that wai jut
a kittling to hear. ..."
5. Lawrie Todd: Or, the Settlers in the Woods by John Galt (1849)
"... my part of the business in the words of the old rhyme, •' If ye be a maiden,
As 1 trow ye be, Ye'II never laugh a smile At the kittling o' your knee. ..."
6. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"Susceptible ; sensitive, ticklish, S. kittling, ». 1. A kitten, S. 2. ...
kittling, ». 1. A tickling, 8. Hoya. 2. Something that tickles the fancy. <l,ill. ..."
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