colling

See also: Colling

English

Etymology

From Middle English collyng.

Noun

colling (uncountable)

1. The act of colling; hugging or embracing.
   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 24:

     `'Tis melancholy work facing and footing it to one of your own sort, and no clasping and colling at all.'

Verb

colling

1. present participle and gerund of coll.