colling

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noun

The act of colling; hugging or embracing.

OriginMiddle English collyng →
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Meanings

colling1

nouncolling (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe act of colling; hugging or embracing.

    `'Tis melancholy work facing and footing it to one of your own sort, and no clasping and colling at all.'

    1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 24
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of coll.

Colling2

proper noun

alternative Cowling

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Origin

colling · noun, verb

  1. Middle Englishcollyng
  2. Middle Englishcollyng
  3. Englishcolling

Inherited from Middle English collyng.

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Colling · proper noun

From medieval diminutives of the given names Cole and Coll.

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APA

colling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colling

MLA

“colling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colling.

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