Obs. [f. LONE a. + -LING.] A single child (opposed to a twin).
1579. J. Jones, Preserv. Bodie & Soule, I. xxiii. 43. I think it best that the old womans childe do sucke longer than the yong and lustie Nurce,… the twinne longer than the loneling.
Obs. [f. LONE a. + -LING.] A single child (opposed to a twin).
1579. J. Jones, Preserv. Bodie & Soule, I. xxiii. 43. I think it best that the old womans childe do sucke longer than the yong and lustie Nurce,… the twinne longer than the loneling.
