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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ling-bird  \Ling"-bird`\  (l[i^]ng"b[~e]rd`),  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  The  European  meadow  pipit;  --  called  also  {titling}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Title  \Ti"tle\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Titled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Titling}.]  [Cf.  L.  titulare,  F.  titrer.  See  {Title},  n.] 
  To  call  by  a  title;  to  name  to  entitle. 
 
  Hadrian  having  quieted  the  island,  took  it  for  honor 
  to  be  titled  on  his  coin,  ``The  Restorer  of  Britain.'' 
  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Titling  \Tit"ling\,  n.  [Icel.  titlingr  a  tit  sparrow.  See  {Tit} 
  a  small  bird.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  The  hedge  sparrow;  --  called  also  {titlene}.  Its  nest 
  often  chosen  by  the  cuckoo  as  a  place  for  depositing 
  its  own  eggs. 
 
  The  titling,  .  .  .  being  thus  deceived,  hatcheth 
  the  egg,  and  bringeth  up  the  chick  of  another 
  bird.  --Holland. 
  b  The  meadow  pipit. 
 
  2.  Stockfish;  --  formerly  so  called  in  customhouses.




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