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ˈponderling nonce-wd.
[f. ponder v. + -ling1: cf. suckling, foundling.]
A child that is weighed.
1860Reade Cloister & H. xxxvi, The child was weighed, and yelled as if the scale had been the font... She hushed her ponderling against her bosom, and stood aloof watching, whilst another woman brought her child to scale. |