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† tireling, n. (a.) Obs.|ˈtaɪəlɪŋ|
[app. f. tire v.1 + -ling: cf. hireling, shaveling.]
A tired person or animal: in quots. attrib. or as adj.: cf. hireling priest, etc.
1590Spenser F.Q. iii. i. 17 His tyreling iade he fiercely forth did push. 1596Ibid. vi. vii. 40. 1599 Bp. Hall Sat. iv. iii. 57 Whiles like a tireling jade he lags half-way. 1613J. Dennys Secr. Angling i. ix, Neither of Mare nor Gelding let it be; Nor of the tyreling Iade that beares the packe. |