Failing vs Fatling - What's the difference?
failing | fatling |
if the preferred or prior option is not possible
A young animal (especially a calf or lamb) which has been fattened for slaughter.
*1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XXIII:
*:Lo I have prepared my dynner, myne oxen and my fatlinges are kylled, and all thinges are redy, come unto the mariage.
*1611 , Bible (King James Version), Isaiah 11:6:
*:The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
As nouns the difference between failing and fatling
is that failing is weakness; defect while fatling is a young animal (especially a calf or lamb) which has been fattened for slaughter.As a verb failing
is present participle of lang=en.As a preposition failing
is if the preferred or prior option is not possible.failing
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(English prepositions)- A large proportion of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike, failing a settlement.