Found 3 hits - Term: nettling, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nettle \net"tle\, v. t. imp. p. p. nettled; p. pr. vb. n.
nettling.
to fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience
sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to
violent anger.
1913 webster
the princes were so nettled at the scandal of this
affront, that every man took it to himself.
--l'estrange.
1913 webster
see also:
nettled nettling
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nettling \net"tling\, n. rope making
a a process resembling splicing by which two ropes are
joined end to end so as to form one rope.
b the process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs,
to prevent tangling.
1913 webster
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nettling \net"tling\, p. pr. a.
stinging; irritating.
1913 webster
nettling cell zool., a lasso cell. see under lasso.
1913 webster
see also:
nettling cell lasso
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