mortling

mortling
\\ˈmȯrtliŋ\ noun (-s)
Etymology: Middle English morlyng, probably modification (influenced by Middle English -lyng, -ling -ling) of Middle French morticine carrion — more at mort
: wool taken from a dead sheep

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/mawrt"ling/, n. Brit.
wool obtained from dead sheep.
[1400-50; earlier morling, late ME; prob. by suffix substitution from mor(t)kin dead animal < AF mortekine, for OF mortecine ( \<\< L morticinus (of an animal) having died naturally) with final conformed to ME -kin -KIN; see -LING1]

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morˈling or mortˈling noun
1. A sheep that has died as a result of disease
2. Its wool
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Main Entry: ↑morkin

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mortling
variant of morling.

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  • Mortling — Mort ling, n. [See {Morling}.] 1. An animal, as a sheep, dead of disease or privation; a morling. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. Wool plucked from a dead sheep; morling. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mortling — /mawrt ling/, n. Brit. wool obtained from dead sheep. [1400 50; earlier morling, late ME; prob. by suffix substitution from mor(t)kin dead animal < AF mortekine, for OF mortecine ( L morticinus (of an animal) having died naturally) with final… …   Universalium

  • mortling — n. wool shorn from a dead sheep (British) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • mortling — mort·ling …   English syllables

  • Morling — Mor ling, n. [Cf. F. mort dead, L. mortuus, fr. moriri to die.] Mortling. [Eng.] Ainsworth. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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