different between tailing vs tanling

tailing

English

Verb

tailing

  1. present participle of tail

Noun

tailing (plural tailings)

  1. The act of following someone.
  2. (architecture) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Gwilt to this entry?)
  3. (obsolete) sexual intercourse
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
  4. (obsolete) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
  5. A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.

See also

  • tailings

Anagrams

  • gitalin, iligant, intagli

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tanling

English

Etymology

tan +? -ling

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?tænl??/
  • Rhymes: -ænl??

Noun

tanling (plural tanlings)

  1. (archaic, especially of children) One who has been tanned by the sun.

Related terms

  • sunbather
  • sun worshipper

References

  • tanling in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

  • antling, lanting

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