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SKIRLING n. 2 definitions

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.

SLING n. 11 definitions

The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke. The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Shak. At one sling Of thy victorius arm, well-pleasing Son. Milton.

One who slings, or uses a sling.

SMELLING n. 2 definitions

The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell. Locke. Smelling bottle, a small bottle filled with something suited to stimulate the sense of smell, or to remove faintness, as spirits of ammonia.

SMELLING SALTS n.

An aromatic preparation of carbonate of ammonia and, often, some scent, to avoid or relieve faintness, headache, or the like.

In a smiling manner. Shak.

Quality or state of being smiling. And made despair a smilingness assume. Byron.

from Snarl, v. Snarling iron, a tool with a long beak, used in the process of snarling. When one end is held in a vise, and the shank is struck with a hammer, the repercussion of the other end, or beak, within the article worked upon gives the requisite blow for producing raised work. See 1st Snarl.…

A little snob. [Jocose] Thackeray.

A soft, effeminate person; a voluptuary. [R.] Bp. Woolton. .

Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. -- Spar"kling*ly, adv. -- Spar"kling*ness, n.

SPARLING n. 3 definitions

The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).

SPATTLING-POPPY n.

A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects.

That which is spawled, or spit out.

SPELLING a. 2 definitions

Of or pertaining to spelling. Spelling bee, a spelling match. [U.S.] -- Spelling book, a book with exercises for teaching children to spell; a speller. -- Spelling match, a contest of skill in spelling words, between two or more persons.

SPERLING n. 2 definitions

A smelt; a sparling. [Prov. Eng.]

Long and slender, or disproportionately tall and slender; as, a spindling tree; a spindling boy.

Sparling. [Prov. Eng.]

rson or creature engaged in sports or in play. When again the lambkins play --Pretty sportlings, full of May. Philips.

SPRINKLING n. 3 definitions

e act of one who, or that which, sprinkles. Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling or effusion of water. Ayliffe.