catlingn.
/ˈkatlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkætlɪŋ/ 1. A little cat; a kitten.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > kitten
kitten1377
kitlinga1530
kit1562
kittle1566
catlinga1649
kitty1707
titty1802
a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 50/2 Never Cat nor Catling I shall find.
1791 G. Huddesford Salmagundi 134 Cats and Catlings of ignoble line.
1866 S. G. Osborne Lett. on Educ. 23 The fate of the brother and sister catlings.
2.
a. Catgut for a violin, lute, or the like; ‘the smallest-sized lute-strings’ (Stainer & Barrett).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [noun] > parts generally > string > material of
catling1578
catgut1599
sheep's gut1600
tharm1671
tharm-string1787
camel-gut1879
1578 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 280 Thread lace, garters, A gros of kettlins, iijs. iij dos of mynykens iijs. vjd.
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. iv. 162 (To Musician) What say you Simon Catling?]
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 294 Vnlesse the fidler Apollo get his sinnews to make Catlings on. View more context for this quotation
1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Catlings or Catlins, a sort of small Cat-gut Strings for Musical Instruments.
1721 C. King Brit. Merchant I. 284 Lutestrings, Catlings, Minikings.
1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 53 Catlings are small strings for fiddles and other musical instruments.
1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV lvi Catlings, the Gross, containing 12 Dozen Knots.
b. transferred (plural). Stringed instruments.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [noun]
stringsa1340
catling1652
catgut1867
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila iii. li. 43 Still, Tort'ring the deep-mouth'd Catlins, till Hoarse-thundring Diapasons should the whole Room fill.
3. Surgery. ‘A long, narrow, double-edged, sharp-pointed, straight knife for performing amputations’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > knife, lancet, or scalpel
blood iron1401
phlebotomec1425
lancentc1440
lancet1474
phlebotomy1477
lancer1537
fleam1552
racer1570
lancelet1574
lance1575
lance-knife1610
catling1617
incision-knife1617
bistort1655
scalpel1742
bistoury1748
dissector1841
scarificator1879
thumb-lancet1903
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 2 Of the dismembring knife, and of the Catlinge..Whatsoeuer the Catling or dismembring knife cannot come at by reason of their greatnes, etc.
1689 J. Moyle Abstr. Sea Chyrurg. ii. i. 25 With your Catling divide the Vessels between the bones.
1824 Ann. Reg. Chron. 16 Jan. 9/1 Sir Astley [Cooper]..with the limb in one hand, and the catling in the other, commenced the operation.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [noun] > of particular type, shape, or arrangement > catkin(s) or unisexual in florescence
chatc1400
tappette1561
catkin1578
chaton1578
kitekin1578
taglet1578
tag1597
cat's tail1611
nucament1633
tassel1646
catling1665
iulus1668
amentum1720
jul1725
ament1783
pussycat1850
lamb's tails1882
1665–76 J. Rea Flora 221 The flowers [of mulberry] are downy Catlins, which turn into berries.
1704 Harris (J.) Catling, The down or moss growing about walnut-trees, resembling the hair of a cat.
1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum (at cited word) Catlings are also the Down or Moss that grows about Walnut-Trees, resembling a Cat's Hair. [Hence in Bailey, Johnson, and mod. Dicts.]
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