单词 | hideling |
释义 | hideling, a. and n. dial.|ˈhaɪdlɪŋ| Alsohidling. [In A. app. a derived use of hidlings, the ending being confused with that of ppl. adjs. and vbl. ns. in -ing. In B. the suffix is identified with that in changeling: see -ling.] A. adj. Given to hiding or concealment.
1834R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Isles I. 327 The lesser white-throat is, however, a more hidling bird than the white-throat. 1839W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds II. 334 So hideling are its habits that one seldom obtains a glimpse of it. 1864T. Bell's Brit. Quadrup. 143 From their obscure and hideling habits, the Shrews are difficult of observation. 1867Dimock in Girald. Cambr. (Rolls) V. 57 margin, Hares more hideling in their habits. B. n. A person or thing given to hiding itself.
1894Blackw. Mag. Oct. 511/2 You would get a sight of that hideling the landrail. |

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