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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skirling  \Skirl"ing\,  n. 
  A  shrill  cry  or  sound;  a  crying  shrilly;  a  skirl.  [Prov.  Eng. 
  &  Scot.]  --Sir  W.  Scott. 
 
  When  the  skirling  of  the  pipes  cleft  the  air  his  cold 
  eyes  softened.  --Mrs.  J.  H. 
  Ewing. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skirling  \Skirl"ing\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  small  trout  or  salmon;  --  a  name  used  loosely.  [Prov.  Eng.] 




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