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shriller


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  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. 




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