-ling (?). [AS. -ling.]
A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duck-ling, dosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling.
© Webster 1913.
-ling
. An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling.
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