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orling

Etymology 1 n. (context in northern English dialects English) A stunted child.'''A dictionary of archaic and provincial words, obsolete phrases, proverbs, and ancient customs, from the fourteenth century''', by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, 1847 (page 591)'''Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English''' (containing words from the English writers previous to the nineteenth century which are no longer in use, or are not used in the same sense, and words which are now used only in the provincial dialects), by Thomas Wright (Esq., M.A., F.S.A., H.M.R.S.L., &c., CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE), 1857 (page 713) Etymology 2

n. (context chiefly technical usually as plural English) A tooth of a comb.

Usage examples of "orling".

Or, when they tired of that, and of grazing with their soft muzzles to the floor, the stallions would set upon their fillies, rolling them in delight among the tall white orling flowers.