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lionet|ˈlaɪənɪt|
[a. OF. lionet: see lion and -et1.]
A young lion.
a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. (1629) 252 A braue Lion, who taught his young Lionets how in taking of a prey to ioyne courage with cunning. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. ix. xx, So may we see a little lionet—When newly whelped, a weak and tender thing, Despised by every beast. 1795Southey Joan of Arc x. 382 Emulous he strove, like the young lionet When first he bathes his murderous jaws in blood. 1819Lamb Lett. xi. To Miss Wordsworth 109 The whelps (lionets) he was sorry to find were dead. 1845Hood Remonstr. Ode 19 All the nine little Lionets are lying Slumbering in milk, and sighing. |