GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   -ling (-lĭng) suff. [AS. -ling.] A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling.
   
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   -ling. An adverbial suffix; as, “darkling, flatling”.
   
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