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trill

 

  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trill  \Trill\,  v.  i.  [OE.  trillen  to  roll,  turn  round;  of  Scand. 
  origin;  cf  Sw  trilla  to  roll,  Dan.  trilde,  Icel. 
  [thorn]yrla  to  whirl,  and  E.  thrill.  Cf  {Thrill}.] 
  To  flow  in  a  small  stream,  or  in  drops  rapidly  succeeding 
  each  other  to  trickle.  --Sir  W.  Scott. 
 
  And  now  and  then  an  ample  tear  trilled  down  Her 
  delicate  cheek.  --Shak. 
 
  Whispered  sounds  Of  waters,  trilling  from  the  riven 
  stone.  --Glover. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trill  \Trill\,  v.  t.  [OE.  trillen;  cf  Sw  trilla  to  roll.] 
  To  turn  round;  to  twirl.  [Obs.]  --Gascoigne. 
 
  Bid  him  descend  and  trill  another  pin.  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trill  \Trill\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Trilled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Trilling}.]  [It.  trillare  probably  of  imitative  origin.] 
  To  impart  the  quality  of  a  trill  to  to  utter  as  or  with  a 
  trill;  as  to  trill  the  r;  to  trill  a  note. 
 
  The  sober-suited  songstress  trills  her  lay.  --Thomson. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trill  \Trill\,  v.  i. 
  To  utter  trills  or  a  trill;  to  play  or  sing  in  tremulous 
  vibrations  of  sound;  to  have  a  trembling  sound;  to  quaver. 
 
  To  judge  of  trilling  notes  and  tripping  feet.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trill  \Trill\,  n.  [It.  trillo,  fr  trillare  See  {Trill}  to 
  shake.] 
  1.  A  sound,  of  consonantal  character,  made  with  a  rapid 
  succession  of  partial  or  entire  intermissions,  by  the 
  vibration  of  some  one  part  of  the  organs  in  the  mouth  -- 
  tongue,  uvula,  epiglottis,  or  lip  --  against  another  part 
  as  the  r  is  a  trill  in  most  languages. 
 
  2.  The  action  of  the  organs  in  producing  such  sounds;  as  to 
  give  a  trill  to  the  tongue.  d 
 
  3.  (Mus.)  A  shake  or  quaver  of  the  voice  in  singing,  or  of 
  the  sound  of  an  instrument,  produced  by  the  rapid 
  alternation  of  two  contiguous  tones  of  the  scale;  as  to 
  give  a  trill  on  the  high  C.  See  {Shake}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trill 
  n  :  a  note  that  alternates  rapidly  with  another  note  a  semitone 
  above  it  [syn:  {shake}] 
  v  1:  pronounce  with  a  trill,  of  the  phoneme  \r\;  "Some  spekaers 
  trill  their  r's" 
  2:  sing  with  trills  [syn:  {warble},  {quaver}]




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