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A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols. Coleridge. Such heavenly notes and carolings. Spenser.

A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano. Swift.

Composed in a melodious and singing style.

Singing, esp. as a chant is sung. Chanting falcon (Zoöl.), an African falcon (Melierax canorus or musicus). The male has the habit, remarkable in a bird of prey, of singing to his mate, while she is incubating.

ight, familiar talk; conversation; gossip. Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Pope.

creen or low wall separating the choir from the aisles. -- Choir service, the service of singing performed by the choir. T. Warton.

Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony. Choral service, a service of song.

A company of singers singing in concert.

birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.

g to a congregation; conducted, or participated in, by a congregation; as, congregational singing.

To soothe by singing softly. The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep. Dickens.

To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off. [Colloq. New. Eng.] See Line, v. t.

A small singing bird, as the nightingale and warblers.

A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidæ.

A Japanese singing and dancing girl.

A club or company organized for singing glees, and (by extension) part songs, ballads, etc.

gnat, the black fly, etc. Gnat catcher (Zoöl.), one of several species of small American singing birds, of the genus Polioptila, allied to the kinglets. -- Gnat flower, the bee flower. -- Gnat hawk (Zoöl.), the European goatsucker; -- called also gnat owl. -- Gnat snapper (Zoöl.), a bird that catches gnats. -- Gna…

To become or grow green. Tennyson. By greening slope and singing flood. Whittier.

l. (Zoöl.) One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue-headed (Vireo solitarius); the brotherly-love (V. Philadelphicus); the warbling greenlet (V. gilvus); the yellow-throated greenlet (V. flavifrons) and others. See Vireo.

Asia and the East Indies. -- Hill tit (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of small Asiatic singing birds of the family Leiotrichidæ. Many are beautifully colored.