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shrilling |
2 definitions found 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: shrilling adj : continuous and piercing; "clashing swords and shrilling trumpets" [syn: {shrilling(a)}] n : a continuing shrill noise; "the clash of swords and the shrilling of trumpets"--P. J. Searles
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