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Webster 1913 Edition


Skirling

Skirl′ing

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Noun.
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.

Skirl′ing

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Noun.
(Zool.)
A small trout or salmon; – a name used loosely.
[Prov. Eng.]