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  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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