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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

-ling

/(-lĭng)/ · IPA /lɪŋ/
01 suff. A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling.
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    A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling.
02 An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling.
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    An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling.