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wolfling|ˈwʊlflɪŋ|
[f. wolf n. + -ling1.]
A young or little wolf. Also fig.
13..K. Alis. 6256 (Laud MS.), Wulflynges he bischette also, Merueillous men ben þoo. 1570Foxe Serm. Christ Crucif. 8 If a mighty hunter.. happenyng vppon the Wolfes denne, findeth there the young Wolfelynges. 1746W. Horsley Fool (1748) I. 94 Wolflings the Lambs embrace. 1759J. Downes in Tyerman John Wesley (1870) II. 342 Two bold, though beardless divines, so young, that they might rather be called wolflings than wolves. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. v. iii, Young children were thrown in [the river], their mothers vainly pleading: ‘Wolflings,’ answered the Company of Marat, ‘who would grow to be wolves.’ 1895Kipling 2nd Jungle Bk. 204 Thou art a man, Little Brother, wolfling of my watching. |