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Titling
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- 1 The act of giving something a title, or of impressing the title on the back of a book.
"Then, gentlemen, not only is this a forgery, but it is a modern forgery. It is a forgery since 1806—since the date of the rebinding of the Record by Mr Thompson, when the new mode of titling was introduced."
- 2 The hedge sparrow, dunnock, titlene, Prunella modularis.
"The Titling therefore that sitteth, being thus deceived, hatcheth the egge and bringeth up the chicke of another bird."
- 3 A legal right to a property; holding a title.
"People took possession of the tenantless cottages to which their only titling is the holding of the key : a few of these still remain."
- 4 The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
"In the North this is so commonly observed, that the cuckoo is popularly believed to be always attended by the titling or pippet (Anthus pratensis, Bechstein), which it is further imagined, has been its step-mother and nurse from the egg;"
- 5 Stockfish. obsolete
"“[…]Stock-fish—Titling—Cropling—Lub-fish. You should have noted that they are all, nevertheless, to be entered as titlings. How many inches long is a titling?”"
- 1 present participle and gerund of title form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
See title.
See title.
Uncertain. Superficially tit (“a small bird”) + -ling (“small”). Attested from the 16th century. Probably from Icelandic titlingr (“tit sparrow”), Old Norse titlingr (“sparrow”). Compare Old Norse tittr (“titmouse”). Also see Middle English titmose (“titmouse”).
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