Shorling

Shorling
Shorling Shor"ling, n. 1. The skin of a sheen after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep; also, a sheep of the first year's shearing. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

2. A person who is shorn; a shaveling; hence, in contempt, a priest. [Obs.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]


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