Castling

noun

/ˈkɑːstlɪŋ/

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounAn abortion, or a premature birth.

"1646: Wherein notwithstanding, we should rather rely upon the urine in a castling’s bladder — Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Book II, ch 5"

2.nounThe second or third swarm of bees which leaves a hive in a season.

3.nounA miniature cast or mould.

4.nounOne that is cast.

Synonyms

abortment abort aborsement embryoctony coffin birth accouchement gravidation excreation watch-birth cacation abusion obstetrication

Rhymes With

blast lung

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