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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Gadling

Gād'ling, n.

noun

n. [A-S. gad, goad.] (Anc. Armor.) A spike or sharp-pointed boss on the knuckle of a gauntlet; gad. Fosbroke.

A drawing of a hand with several small pointed objects attached to its fingers.
Gadling.

Gād'ling, n.

noun

n. [See GAD, v. i.]\nAn idle vagabond. Chaucer.

Gād'ling, a.

adjective

Gadding about; rambling; straggling. [Obs.] Bullokar.