▪ I. ˈkittling, vbl. n. Sc. and north. dial.
[OE. kitelung: see kittle v.1]
The action of kittle v.1; tickling (lit. and fig.).
| c 1000 Ags. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 278/6 Titillatio, kite⁓lung. a 1340 Hampole Psalter ii. 4 Dissayued thurght quayntis of þe deuel and kitlynge of þaire flesch [MS. Coll. Eton. 10, lf. 4, kitellynge of thaire flesshe]. 1483 Cath. Angl. 204/2 A kytyllynge, titillacio. 1822 Hogg Perils Man II. vi. 234 A kind o' kittling, a sort o' prinkling in my blood like. 1830 Galt Lawrie T. vii. vi. (1849) 330 Ye'll never laugh or smile At the kittling o' your knee. |
▪ II. kittling, kittlin
obs. forms of kitling.