from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fatling \Fat"ling\, n. [Fat + -ling.]
A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for
slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used
for food.
[1913 Webster]
He sacrificed oxen and fatlings. --2 Sam. vi.
13.
[1913 Webster]
from
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Fatling
(1.) A fatted animal for slaughter (2 Sam. 6:13; Isa. 11:6;
Ezek. 39:18. Comp. Matt. 22:4, where the word used in the
original, sitistos, means literally "corn-fed;" i.e., installed,
fat). (2.) Ps. 66:15 (Heb. meah, meaning "marrowy," "fat," a
species of sheep). (3.) 1 Sam. 15:9 (Heb. mishneh, meaning "the
second," and hence probably "cattle of a second quality," or
lambs of the second birth, i.e., autmnal lambs, and therfore of
less value).