catling
/ˈkætlɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.45 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "For never cat nor catling I shall find, / But mew shall they in Pluto's palace blind."
- "Abel was a lover of the worst type: when he was with a catling he hardly ever laughed . If the catling came back again, he never did."
- ""Have you seen the ship's catling, Little Mistress?" he called, crossing to Hisvet, the kitten almost hidden in his big hands."
- "The brewer's wife was heard to say She'd cleave the catling's tail in twae So Bully raoed and ran away"
- "but, I am sure, none, unless the fiddler Apollo get his sinews to make catlings on."
- "If you have a two-string lute, where one string is made with iron and the other with catling (made of sheep guts), and you tune it so that it produces the best unison, you shall lose it as soon as you move the keys, while looking for a new common chord. In practical terms, if an iron string and a catling string with the same length vibrate in unison , this does not mean they will do the same if you cut them by half ."
Etymology
From cat + -ling. Compare kitling, catkin. According to the OED, the sense of a surgical knife may be an independent word.