warling

English

Etymology

From war +‎ -ling.

Noun

warling (plural warlings)

1. (obsolete) One often quarreled with.
   • 1546, John Heywood, chapter VII, in Julian Sharman, editor, The Proverbs of John Heywood. […], London: George Bell and Sons, […], published 1874, →OCLC, part II, page 138:

     [I]t is better to be / An old mans derling than a yong mans werling.

     The spelling has been modernized.

References

• “warling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.