kitling

American  

[kit-ling] / ˈkɪt lɪŋ /

noun

British Dialect.

1. the young of any animal, especially of a cat; kitten; kit.

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Etymology

Origin of kitling

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English kiteling, from Old Norse ketlingr; cat, -ling ¹

Example Sentences

"His kitling eyes begin to run Quite through the table where he spies The horns of paperie butterflys."

From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Weir, Harrison

Holt, who came in like a white kitling.

From The Discovery of Witches by Hopkins, Matthew

The kitling Crue of Cryers that do stand With Eunuchs voices, squeaking on each hand, Do signifie no more, compar'd to him, Then Member Allen did to Patriot Pim.

From The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) by Parker, William Riley

O. N. e becomes i in lirk, kitling, and before ng in ding, flingin, hing, and also in skrip, styddy.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

If they will mix malice in their sports, I shall never consent to throw them any living, sentient creature whatsoever, no, not so much as a kitling, to torment.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund