TITLING

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.

2.
n.

The meadow pipit.

3.
n.

Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.


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