assling

Etymology

From assle + -ing.

noun

The act of loafing around; hesitation
A small or young ass (all senses)“Already had Lecouturier, commonly called, from his Latin name, Sutor, taken the lead by launching against Erasmus, from his solitary chartreux cell, a publication replete with violence, in which he called his opponents theologasters, and asslings, imputing to them scandals, heresies, and blasphemies.”