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Webster 1913 Edition

Flatling

Flat′ling

,

adv.

[

Flat

,

Adj.

+ adverbial suff.

-ling

.]

With the flat side, as of a sword; flatlong; in a prostrate position.

[Obs.]

Spenser.

Definition 2024

flatling

flatling

English

Alternative forms

flatlings

Adverb

flatling ‎(comparative more flatling, superlative most flatling)

Flatly, plainly.
In a flat position.
With the flat side (e.g. of a weapon).
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.5:
  Tho with her sword on him she flatling strooke, / In signe of true subjection to her powre […].