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shrill


  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shrill  \Shrill\,  a.  [Compar.  {Shriller};  superl.  {Shrillest}.] 
  [OE.  shril,  schril  akin  to  LG  schrell  G.  schrill.  See 
  {Shrill},v.  i.] 
  Acute;  sharp;  piercing;  having  or  emitting  a  sharp,  piercing 
  tone  or  sound;  --  said  of  a  sound,  or  of  that  which  produces 
  a  sound. 
 
  Hear  the  shrill  whistle  which  doth  order  give  To  sounds 
  confused.  --Shak. 
 
  Let  winds  be  shrill,  let  waves  roll  high.  --Byron. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shrill  \Shrill\,  n. 
  A  shrill  sound.  [Obs.]  --Spenser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shrill  \Shrill\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shrilled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Shrilling}.]  [OE.  schrillen  akin  to  G.  schrillen  cf  AS 
  scralletan  to  resound  loudly,  Icel.  skr["o]lta  to  jolt,  Sw 
  skr["a]lla  to  shrill,  Norw.  skryla  skr?la.  Cf  {Skirl}.] 
  To  utter  an  acute,  piercing  sound;  to  sound  with  a  sharp, 
  shrill  tone;  to  become  shrill. 
 
  Break  we  our  pipes,  that  shrilledloud  as  lark. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  No  sounds  were  heard  but  of  the  shrilling  cock. 
  --Goldsmith. 
 
  His  voice  shrilled  with  passion.  --L.  Wallace. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shrill  \Shrill\,  v.  t. 
  To  utter  or  express  in  a  shrill  tone;  to  cause  to  make  a 
  shrill  sound. 
 
  How  poor  Andromache  shrills  her  dolors  forth.  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shrill 
  adj  :  high-pitched  and  sharp;  "piercing  screams";  "a  shrill 
  whistle"  [syn:  {piercing},  {sharp}] 
  v  :  utter  a  shrill  cry  [syn:  {shriek},  {screech},  {pipe  up},  {pipe}] 




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