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colling¹

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English collyng.

noun

  1. uncountable The act of colling; hugging or embracing. `'Tis melancholy work facing and footing it to one of your own sort, and no clasping and colling at all.'

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of coll

Colling²

Where it comes from

From medieval diminutives of the given names Cole and Coll.

proper noun Cowling

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

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"colling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/colling. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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colling. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/colling

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"colling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/colling.

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@misc{colling_2026,
  title = {colling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/colling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}