dwarfling

[Eng. dwarf; dim. suff. -ling.] A little dwarf; a creature of very diminutive size. "When the dwarfling did perceive me."-Sylvester: The Woodman's Bear. *dwâr-fy, a . [Eng. dwarf ; v.] Like a dwarf, dwarfish, stunted or diminutive in stature. "Though I am squint-eyed, lame, bald, dwarfy , ., yet these deformities are toys." - Water house : Apology for Learning (1653), p. 65. *dwâul, *dwele, v . i . [A. S. dwelan .] [DWALE (1), height. "Saw off the stock in a smooth place; and for dwarf trees, graft them within four fingers of the ground."Mortimer: Husbandry. dwarf-bay, 8. Bot.: (1) Daphne mezereum, (2) Daphne laureola. ( Britten & Holland.) dwarf-cornel, 8. scious. "The cradel turned up so doun on ground That the child lai dweling ."- Seven Sages , 768. dway, s. [A corruption of dwale (?).] dway-berries, s. pl. suecica. ( Britten & Holland.)