SKIRLING

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
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.

2.
n.

A small trout or salmon; -- a name used loosely. [Prov. Eng.]


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