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shorling

shorling


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shorling  \Shor"ling\,  n. 
  1.  The  skin  of  a  sheen  after  the  fleece  is  shorn  off  as 
  distinct  from  the  morling,  or  skin  taken  from  the  dead 
  sheep;  also  a  sheep  of  the  first  year's  shearing.  [Prov. 
  Eng.] 
 
  2.  A  person  who  is  shorn;  a  shaveling;  hence  in  contempt,  a 
  priest.  [Obs.]  --Halliwell.