catling

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catling^¹

/ˈkætlɪŋ/

Where it comes from

From cat + -ling. Compare kitling, catkin. According to the OED, the sense of a surgical knife may be an independent word.

noun catlings

archaic A little cat; a kitten. For never cat nor catling I shall find, / But mew shall they in Pluto's palace blind.
catgut; a catgut string but, I am sure, none, unless the fiddler Apollo get his sinews to make catlings on.
A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife. the amputation is competed by passing the catling between the separated bones, dividng the flexor tendons, &c., and forming a flap of about equal size to the superior from the integument on the sole of the foot.
Similar: catlin

Catling^²

proper noun

A surname.

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@misc{catling_2026,
  title = {catling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/catling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}