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nestling

noun
/ˈnɛstlɪŋ//ˈnɛsəlɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English nestling, equivalent to nest + -ling.

  1. inherited from nestling

Definitions

  1. A small, young bird that is still confined to the nest.

  2. A nest

    A nest; a receptacle.

    • […] the Secrecies of the Paſſages; and the ſeats or neaſtling of the humours; […]

  3. present participle and gerund of nestle

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The act of one who nestles.

      • It was associated, to them, with vague sweet memories of loving nestlings in mother's arms, of soft warm coddlings before the fire, of slow rocking to and fro in the little, low, flag chair, and gradual droppings off to sleep […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at nestling. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at nestling. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at nestling

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA