ling : Idioms & Phrases

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-ling

-ling
Etymology
AS. -ling.
Definitions
  1. A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duck-ling, dosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling.
-ling
Definitions
  1. . An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling.
Webster 1913

Ling honey

  • a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of the heather.
Webster 1913

ling ko

  • noun water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs
    ling; Trapa bicornis.
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ling-bird

Ling"-bird` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The European meadow pipit; -- called also titling.
Webster 1913

ling-pao

  • noun a member of the Taoist Trinity
    Mystic Jewel.
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nan ling

  • noun a mountain range in southeastern China running generally east to west
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