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Webster 1913 Edition

Stripling

Strip′ling

,
Noun.
[Dim. of
strip
; as if a small strip from the main stock or steam.]
A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad.
Inquire thou whose son the
stripling
is.
1 Sam. xvii. 56.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stripling

STRIPLING

,
Noun.
[from strip, stripe; primarily a tall slender youth, one that shoots up suddenly.] A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad.
And the king said, inquire thou whose son the stripling is. 1 Samuel 18.

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