mortling
English
Etymology
From mort + -ling. Compare morkin.
Noun
mortling (plural mortlings)
- (Britain, dialectal) An animal, such as a sheep, that has died of disease or privation.
- (Britain) Wool taken from a dead sheep.
Synonyms
- (wool): morling
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mortling in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)