The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dearling
Dearling \Dear"ling\, n.
A darling. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
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dearling
n. (alternative form of darling English)
Usage examples of "dearling".
It is my custom, dearling, and hath been since I have first known thee, to proclaim by herald in such camps, townships, or fortalices as I may chance to visit, that my lady-love, being beyond compare the fairest and sweetest in Christendom, I should deem it great honor and kindly condescension if any cavalier would run three courses against me with sharpened lances, should he chance to have a lady whose claim he was willing to advance.
Those daintie parts, the dearlings of delight,Which mote not be prophan'd of common eyes,Those villeins vew'd with loose lasciuious sight,And closely tempted with their craftie spyes.