"arseling" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English *arsling, from Old English earsling (“backwards, on the back”). Cognate with Dutch aarzeling, aarzelings, German ärschling, ärschlings. By surface analysis, arse + -ling.",
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        "(UK dialectal, especially Scotland and East Anglia) Backwards."
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  "etymology_text": "From arse + -ling.",
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