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▪ I. fatling, n.|ˈfætlɪŋ|
[f. fat v. + -ling; cf. nursling.]
A calf, lamb, or other young animal fatted for slaughter. Also transf., of a person.
1526–34Tindale Matt. xxii. 4 Beholde, I have prepared my dynner; myne oxen, and my fatlinges are kylled, and all things are redy. 1570Bryon in Farr S.P. Eliz. (1845) II. 335 My fatlings then I'll tender, And offrings to thee make. 1611Bible Isa. xi. 6 The calfe and the yong lion, and the fatling [shall lie down] together. 1725Pope Odyss. viii. 53 Twelve fatlings from the flock. a1861T. Winthrop John Brent (1883) vii. 58 ‘Well, boys!’ said the unpleasant fatling, approaching again. 1877Bryant Poems Sella 303 The herd Had given its fatlings for the marriage feast.
attrib.1870Bryant Iliad I. ix. 275 Chines of a sheep and of a fatling goat.
▪ II. fatling, a. rare.|ˈfætlɪŋ|
[dim. of fat a. (see -ling), suggested by prec. n.]
Small and fat.
1847Tennyson Princ. vi. 122 The babe..began..to..reach its fatling innocent arms And lazy, lingering fingers. |