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  1. 1. n. The skin of a sheen after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep; also, a sheep of the first year's shearing. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A person who is shorn; a shaveling; hence, in contempt, a priest. Source: opted
  3. 3. 1. The skin of a sheen after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep; also, a sheep of the first year's shearing. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A person who is shorn; a shaveling; hence, in contempt, a priest. [Obs.] Halliwell. Source: webster

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