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weedling|ˈwiːdlɪŋ|
[f. weed n.1 + -ling.]
1. A small weed.
1820Clare Rural Life (ed. 3) 62 And though thou seem'st a weedling wild, Wild and neglected like to me. 1881R. Buchanan God & the Man III. i. 17 Beyond this moss there seemed no other sign of vegetation;..not even the weedlings of the rock.
2. A slight, weakly person.
1890Universal Rev. 15 July 410 What is pathetic is the maternal anxiety shown by the weedy lady for her weedier child... Her whole care is that the weedling's days shall be long [etc.]. 1911Times 9 Aug. 6/1 The strong, able-bodied ones go off to the Colonies and only the weedlings remain. |