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Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confused activity; as, a bustling crowd. "A bustling wharf." Hawthorne.

The process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, in order that the pieces may be reheated and wrought into bar iron.

The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of the height of the shaft.

The broken noise of a goose or a hen.

A bird confined in a cage; esp. a young bird. [Poetic] Tennyson.

A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament. The frequent calling and meeting of Parlaiment. Macaulay.

The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power. [Written also camerlengo and camarlengo.]

The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel. Wright.

A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; -- usually in pl.

Same as Carl, 3. Carling Sunday, a Sunday in Lent when carls are eaten. In some parts of England, Passion Sunday. See Carl, 4.

song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols. Coleridge. Such heavenly notes and carolings. Spenser.

That which is cast or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. Sir T. Browne.

The cry of cats; a harsh, disagreeable noise or cry like the cry of cats. Shak.

A little cat; a kitten. "Cat nor catling." Drummond.

posed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious. His depreciatory and caviling criticism. Lewis.

In a caviling manner.

The inner planking of a vessel. Camp ceiling. See under Camp. -- Ceiling boards, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.

eft or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies. Such, men do changelings call, so changed by fairies' theft. Spenser. The changeling [a substituted writing] never known. Shak.

The act or process of forming a channel or channels.

A leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus), with broad flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food.