† onwardlingn.
Obsolete. rare.
A very short length of time.
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weekeOE
littleOE
roomOE
stoundOE
startc1300
houra1350
furlong wayc1384
piecea1400
weea1400
speed whilec1400
hanlawhilea1500
snack1513
spirt?1550
snatch1563
fit1583
spurta1591
shortness1598
span1599
bit1653
thinking time1668
thinking-while1668
onwardling1674
way-bit1674
whilie1819
fillip1880
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 110 For [an atome] not being a stretchling or quid quantum, any more than a now is an onwardling or quid successivum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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