dilling

noun — 3 senses

dilling

noun

1

Obsolete A darling or favourite.

To make up the match with my eldest daughter, my wife's dilling, whom she longs to call madam.1605, George Chapman, Ben Jonson, John Marston, Eastward Hoe:
Whilst the birds billing, / Each one with his dilling.1630, Michael Drayton, The Muses' Elizium:

2

Obsolete The youngest child.

3

UK, Dialectal, Obsolete The runt of a litter.

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