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Tenderling

Tenderling \Ten"der*ling\, n.

  1. One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling. [R.]
    --W. Harrison (1586).

  2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the first antlers of a deer.

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tenderling

n. 1 (context archaic English) One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling. 2 (context zoology English) One of the first antlers of a deer.