*kling*

a. Wavy; curling, as hair. Latham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The broken noise of a goose or a hen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chick + -ling. ] A small chick or chicken. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated. [ 1913 Webster ]

As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. Eccl. vii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The well-browned, crisp rind of roasted pork. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the first time in his life he tested crackling. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Dark + the adverbial suffix -ling. ] In the dark. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So, out went the candle, and we were left darkling. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

As the wakeful bird
Sings darkling. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. pr. & a. 1. Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

His honest brows darkling as he looked towards me. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Dark; gloomy. “The darkling precipice.” Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A young or little duck. Gay.

n. A lamb. [ Obs. ] Brome (1659). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ vb. n. from heckle{ 2 }. ] Shouting in order to interrupt a speech with which the shouter disagrees.
Syn. -- barracking. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A hint; an intimation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The least inkling or glimpse of this island. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

They had some inkling of secret messages. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See Keckle, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A young oak. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pig; a porket. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Prickly. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A young strumpet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Needing care; weak; feeble; as, a reckling child. H. Taylor. -- n. A weak child or animal. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any species of small marine fishes of the genera Onos and Rhinonemus (formerly Motella), allied to the cod. They have three or four barbels. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. -- Spar"kling*ly, adv. -- Spar"kling*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Brilliant; shining. See Shining. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling or effusion of water. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, a moderate number or quantity distributed like separate drops, or as if scattered like drops. Craik. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. sokeling. See Suck, v. t. ] 1. A young child or animal nursed at the breast. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small kind of yellow clover (Trifolium filiforme) common in Southern Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) 1. Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tinkling. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A grackle (Quiscalus crassirostris) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The time of a wink; a moment; an instant. [ 1913 Webster ]

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, . . . the dead shall be raised incorruptible. 1 Cor. xv. 52. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Weak + -ling. ] A weak or feeble creature. Shak. “All looking on him as a weakling, which would post to the grave.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

We may not be weaklings because we have a strong enemy. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]