Obs. rare. [f. WAGE sb. or v. + -LING.] A hireling.

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a. 1547.  Bale, Image Both Ch., xiii. (1550), e viij. These are the verye false Prophetes,… wolues, wagelynges, Iudasses,… [etc.].

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1570.  Levins, Manip., 136/32. A Wageling, mercenarius.

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