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Webster 1913 Edition

(stärv′lĭng)

Noun.

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Starve

-ling

One who, or that which, pines from lack of food, or nutriment.

Old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no

starveling

Shakespeare

Adj.

Hungry; lean; pining with want.

Adj.

starvling. Hungry; lean; pining with want.

Noun.

starvling. An animal or plant that is made thin, lean and weak through want of nutriment.

And thy poor starveling bountifully fed.