† frantlingn.
Obsolete.
Used to express the noise made by peacocks.Apparently an isolated use.
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1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiii. 107 The barking of Curs..coniating of Storks, frantling of Peacocks.
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n.1693- to see with one's own eyes
- to see with sight
- to see with the left eye
- to see —— from
- to see, etc into a brick wall
- to see, etc into a mud wall
- to see, etc into a stone wall
- to see, etc into a wall
- to see, etc through a brick wall
- to see, etc through a mud wall
- to see, etc through a stone wall
- to see, etc through a wall
- to see, or hear, the beat
- to see, or hear, the beat of
- to see, or show, the lions
- to see, put a paper to bed
- to see, put to bed
- to see, think fit
- to seed down
- to seed seed
- to seek a hare in a hen's nest
- to seek a knot in a bulrush
- to seek a knot in a ring
- to seek a knot or knots in a rush or bulrush
- to seek a livelihood