sb. and a. Obs. [f. as prec. + -LING.] A. sb. One who is faint or faint-hearted. B. adj. Faint-hearted.
1614. C. B., Ghost of Rich. III. Such fayntlings never yet were prest with coyne.
1712. Arbuthnot, John Bull (1752), 82. Thou art such a faintling, silly creature.
