flatlingflatlingsadv.adj.

Etymology: < flat adj. + -ling suffix² , -lings suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈflatling.

Obsolete exc. archaic or dialect.

A. adv.

1. In a prostrate position, at full length, flat. Often with fall, lie, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adverb] > at full length > prostrate or face down

flatlingc1450

c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 2501 The knyghtes upon the grounde laide than the crosse flatling.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 369 [Oft] ledderis and men..Thai gert fall flatlynges [1489 Adv. flatlingis] to the grounde.

1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 184 in Wks. (1931) I Scho..flatlyngis fell, and swappit in to swoun.

a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 111 I's fell thee like a fluike, flatlings on the flure.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 37 The halfe of his body and right arme fell flatlings in the fire.

1895 J. H. McCarthy London Legends III. 118 In a moment he had stumbled backwards and fallen flatlings into the ditch.

2. With the flat side.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [adverb] > with flat side

flatling1470

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur viii. xxxii Sire tristram..smote vpon hym fyue or sixe strokes flatlynge on the neck.

1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 121 This shaking sword..was not always shaking with the edge towards Man, but sometimes flatling also.

1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xxx. liv. 245 It [sc. the blow] lighted flatling on him.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. xii. 305 [His] sword turned in his hand, so that the blade struck me flatlings.

1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 321 He smote him flatling with his sheathed sword.

3. Of motion: On the level, horizontally.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > [adverb]

endlong1393

grovelling1562

flatling1605

levelly1610

forthright1640

horizontally1646

horizontically1692

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 418 He doth not ride Flatling a-long, but vp the Spheares steepe side.

4. dialect. Plainly, peremptorily.

ΚΠ

1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Flatlins, plainly, peremptory.

†B. adj.

(In form flatling only.) Of a blow: Dealt with the flat side of a weapon. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [adjective] > with flat side or as something flat

flatling1579

slapping1898

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 211 Flatling blowes.

1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xi. 91 A flatling blow that on his beauer glancst.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	flatling
释义	flatlingflatlingsadv.adj. Etymology: < flat adj. + -ling suffix² , -lings suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈflatling. Obsolete exc. archaic or dialect. A. adv. 1. In a prostrate position, at full length, flat. Often with fall, lie, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adverb] > at full length > prostrate or face down flatlingc1450 c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 2501 The knyghtes upon the grounde laide than the crosse flatling. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 369 [Oft] ledderis and men..Thai gert fall flatlynges [1489 Adv. flatlingis] to the grounde. 1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 184 in Wks. (1931) I Scho..flatlyngis fell, and swappit in to swoun. a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 111 I's fell thee like a fluike, flatlings on the flure. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 37 The halfe of his body and right arme fell flatlings in the fire. 1895 J. H. McCarthy London Legends III. 118 In a moment he had stumbled backwards and fallen flatlings into the ditch. 2. With the flat side. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [adverb] > with flat side flatling1470 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur viii. xxxii Sire tristram..smote vpon hym fyue or sixe strokes flatlynge on the neck. 1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 121 This shaking sword..was not always shaking with the edge towards Man, but sometimes flatling also. 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xxx. liv. 245 It [sc. the blow] lighted flatling on him. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. xii. 305 [His] sword turned in his hand, so that the blade struck me flatlings. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 321 He smote him flatling with his sheathed sword. 3. Of motion: On the level, horizontally. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > [adverb] endlong1393 grovelling1562 flatling1605 levelly1610 forthright1640 horizontally1646 horizontically1692 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 418 He doth not ride Flatling a-long, but vp the Spheares steepe side. 4. dialect. Plainly, peremptorily. ΚΠ 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Flatlins, plainly, peremptory. †B. adj. (In form flatling only.) Of a blow: Dealt with the flat side of a weapon. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [adjective] > with flat side or as something flat flatling1579 slapping1898 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 211 Flatling blowes. 1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xi. 91 A flatling blow that on his beauer glancst. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adv.adj.c1450
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