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One dearly beloved; a favorite. And can do naught but wail her darling's loss. Shak.

A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.

An appellation given to a person supposed to be of angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling. When pain and anguish wring the brow. Sir W. Scott.

An effeminate person; a spoilt child. "A young heir or cockney, that is his mother's darling." Nash (1592). This great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney. Shak.

A darling. [Obs.] Spenser.

A dear; a darling. [Familiar]

Darling. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A darling; a favorite. [Obs.] Whilst the birds billing, Each one with his dilling. Drayton.

A pet; a darling. Shak.

A term of endearment; darling; -- corrupted from honey. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

A sweetheart; a darling. [Scot.] Burns.

Something dear to one as one's existence; a darling; -- used as a term of endearment.

My darling; -- an Irish term of endearment for a girl or woman. "Erin mavournin." Campbell.

A little darling; a favorite; a minion. [Obs.] Florio.

s if he mourned his rival's ill success. Addison. And looking over the hills, I mourn The darling who shall not return. Emerson.

Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child. The love of cronies, pets, and favorites. Tatler.

the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a cockleshell. -- California pitcher plant, the Darlingtonia California. See Darlingtonia. -- Pitcher plant, any plant with the whole or a part of the leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs, especially the species of Nepenthes. See Nepenthes.

iot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play! Pope. And some, the darlings of their Lord, Play smiling with the flame and sword. Keble.

That which is excepted; exception. Each has some darling lust, which pleads for a reserve. Rogers.

rmerly; former; late; whilom. Our sometime sister, now our queen. Shak. Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized. Talfourd.