Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A young animal, such as a lamb or calf, fattened for slaughter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for slaughter; a fat animal: applied to quadrupeds the flesh of which is used for food.
- Fat; fleshy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A young
animal (especially acalf orlamb ) which has beenfattened forslaughter .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"The fatling which is the 'head-raiser' of mankind --
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Theophilus Goldridge Pinches 1895
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"The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them."
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Strangers, who wear sunglasses at night, will look at them on the street with all the familiarity of a wolf watching a fatling bunny rabbit.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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The calf and the lion and the fatling will be together and a child will lead them.
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In addition to his artistic endeavors, Hicks was also a Quaker minister, which explains the consistent religious themes in his work and the theme of the painting, which was taken from the Book of Isaiah: "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them."
Kingdom Sum Artfact.com Jonathan Fairbanks 2006
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They accompanied themselves with castanets, and, though the little fatling toed in and wore a common dress of blue-striped gingham, I am afraid she won our hearts from her graceful rival.
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The full text reads: The wolf shall also dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
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“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them,” she recited.
Honey V.C. Andrews 2001
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¶ The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Isaiah 11. 1999
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Cancut was a jolly fatling, -- almost too fat, if he will pardon me, for sitting in the stern of the imponderable canoe.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 Various
bilby commented on the word fatling
"And the wolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
And a little boy will lead them."
- Isaiah 11:6, New American Standard Bible.
November 9, 2008