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▪ I. † ˈbadling Obs.
[OE. bædling, f. bæddel a womanish fellow (see bad) + -ing3.]
An effeminate or womanish man.
a1000in Wr.-Wülcker Vocab. 391 Effeminati, molles, bædlingas. a1600Pinkerton S.P. (1792) III. 125 (Jam.) A wregh to were a nobill scarlet goune, A badlyng, furrying parfillit wele with sable.
▪ II. ˈbadling2
var. badelyng.
1924Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 714/1 A badling of duck flighting in from the sea, whirred down and settled in a reed-bound pool. 1926Daily Express 4 Aug. 6/6 A badling of duck—there are seven of them..—come skimming over me. |