Meaning of catling | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A little cat; a kitten.
   archaic
3. catgut; a catgut string
4. A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife.

Examples

“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 .”

“Festing's bill suggests that a catling could be used to make⟳ or improve⟳ the handle⟳ of a bow.”

“the amputation is competed by passing the catling between the separated bones, dividng the flexor tendons, &c., and forming a flap of about equal size to the superior from the integument on the sole of the foot.”

“The operator […] grasping the soft parts immediately below, raises them so as to facilitate the passage of a double-edged knife or catling across the face⟳ of the bones […]”

“[…] after Esmarch we hold⟳ back the bloody torrent which once gushed forth after the catling; and Listerizing with Lister's spray we bar all passage into gaping wounds of motes that people the sunbeam and breed⟳ havoc in the tract of the sanguineous life stream.”

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