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Tweet suff. 1. One connected with: worldling. 2. One having a specified quality: underling. 3. One that is young, small, or inferior: duckling. [Middle English, from Old English.] |
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n. pl. ling or lings Any of various marine food fishes closely related to and resembling the cod, especially Molva molva of northern Atlantic waters, having a long body and a barbel on the chin. [Middle English, possibly of Low German origin; see del-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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n. See heather. [Middle English, from Old Norse lyng.] |
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Tweet suff. In a specified direction, manner, or condition: darkling. [Middle English, from Old English.] |
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