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Colling

Colling \Coll"ing\, n. [From Coll, v. t.] An embrace; dalliance. [Obs.]
--Halliwell.

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colling

vb. (present participle of coll English)

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Colling

Colling is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Belinda Colling (born 1975), New Zealand netball and basketball player
  • Gary Colling (born 1950), Australian rules footballer
  • Lin Colling (1946–2003), New Zealand rugby union player
  • Richard G. Colling, biologist
  • Robert Colling (1749–1820), English cattle breeder

Usage examples of "colling".

Rafael ignored him, and spoke to Collings, but it was clear that there was a lot of animosity.

A crowd gathered around Collings and Rafael, some of the men reaching through the packed bodies and jabbing at Collings.

Like Collings, I covered my head with my arms but pushed myself forward in the direction I had last seen him.

Lifting my head for a moment I saw that I was only a few inches from Collings, and I pushed my way through until I was crouched on the ground beside him.

To my surprise I learnt I was to work with Barter Collings, and to my further surprise I discovered it was he who had requested I work with him.

According to the interpretation Collings gave me, there were two possible routes ahead of the city.

Barter Collings had told him the end of the apprenticeship was approaching, and later the same day he was to see Future Clausewitz and formally discuss his progress so far.

When Collings could initiate any kind of interest, the needs became immediately apparent.

Helward suspected that there was no deep and subtle reason for this, because Collings had once been talking about the Future guild, and had mentioned his father.

Some time later he came across Collings, who was resting in the shade of a large boulder.

As Collings stayed silent, Helward began to go into more and more detail.

As Helward and Collings approached they saw one of the winch-cables being hauled out towards the stay-emplacements.

He knew now a basic truth of this world, that the ground was indeed moving as Collings had said.

This was the region he had been riding through with Barter Collings: at that time, two or three miles north of optimum!

Reno, Put Collings, Blackie Whalen, Hank O'Marra, and a little lame guy called Step-and-a-Half.