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6,491 words match “LING”

INDWELLING n. 3 definitions

Residence within, as in the heart. The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. South.

A hint; an intimation. The least inkling or glimpse of this island. Bacon. They had some inkling of secret messages. Clarendon.

INTERMEDDLING n.

The act of improperly interfering. Burke.

JANGLING a. 3 definitions

Producing discordant sounds. "A jangling noise." Milton.

A fish of the genus Leuciscus; the blue chub of the Danube.

The act or process of producing a jingle; also, the sound itself; a chink. "The jingling of the guinea." Tennyson.

JINGLINGLY adv.

So as to jingle. Lowell.

JUGGLING a. 2 definitions

Cheating; tricky. -- Jug"gling*ly, adv.

JUMBLINGLY adv.

In a confused manner.

Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See Keckle, v. t.

Portions of small fish used for bait on the banks of Newfoundland.

e, conquering; captivating; irresistible. -- Kill"ing*ly, adv. Those eyes are made so killing. Pope. Nothing could be more killingly spoken. Milton.

KINDLING n. 2 definitions

The of causing to burn, or of exciting or inflaming the passions.

Same as Kinglet, 1. Churchill.

A young kitten; a whelp. [Obs. or Scot.] B. Jonson.

KNEELINGLY adv.

In a kneeling position.

KNOBBLING FIRE n.

. A bloomery fire. See Bloomery.

LADY-KILLING n.

women. Better for the sake of womankind that this dangerous dog should leave off lady-killing. Thackeray.