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▪ I. madling, n.1|ˈmædlɪŋ|
[f. mad a. + -ling1.]
A mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly.
c1648–50R. Brathwait Barnabees Jrnl. i. (1818) 19 There another wanton madling Who her hog was set a sadling. 1841Let. in R. Oastler Fleet Papers I. viii. 58 Poor madlings! they are killing the goose, to get at the golden eggs. 1847E. Brontë Wuthering Heights xiii. 120 Gooid-for-nowt madling!..flinging t' precious gifts uh God under fooit i' yer flaysome rages.
▪ II. † ˈmadling, n.2
[? Corruption of F. Madeleine a kind of small cake.]
attrib. in madling cake.
1747H. Glasse Cookery xv. 141 Madling Cakes.
▪ III. † ˈmadling, a. Obs.
[? attrib. use of madling n.1 or adv.; ? or = maddling f. maddle v.]
Mad.
1608T. Morton Preamb. Encounter 126 Why doe I trouble my selfe with these my Aduersaries madling conceits?
▪ IV. † ˈmadling, adv. Obs.
[? f. mad a. + -ling2: cf. darkling.]
= madly.
1584Hudson Du Bartas' Judith vi. (1608) 93 Some madling runnes, some trembles in a traunce. |