释义 |
† odling, vbl. n. (?) Obs. rare—1. Meaning uncertain: ‘must have some relation to tricking and cheating’ (Nares). Perh. an error of some kind.
1599B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. Characters, Shift, A thread-bare shark; one that never was a soldier, yet lives upon lendings. His profession is skeldring and odling. |