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One of a breed of fancy frilled pigeons allied to the owls and turbits, having the body white, the shoulders tricolored, and the tail bluish black with a large white spot on each feather.

The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries.

To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel.

To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech. I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry. Shak. And scream thyself as none e'er screamed before. Pope.

Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp. The fearful matrons raise a screaming cry. Dryden.

To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek. "The screech owl, screeching loud." Shak.

Like a screech; shrill and harsh.

A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.

ded to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.] Burrill.

A penthouse or awning. [Obs.] Burrill.

or seed. -- Seed down (Bot.), the soft hairs on certain seeds, as cotton seed. -- Seed drill. See 6th Drill, 2 (a). -- Seed eater (Zoöl.), any finch of the genera Sporophila, and Crithagra. They feed mainly on seeds. -- Seed gall (Zoöl.), any gall which resembles a seed, formed, on the leaves of various plants, usu…

on by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership. Burrill.

A member of the king's council; a king's councilor. Burrill.

The cobia. Drill sergeant. (Mil.) See under Drill. -- Sergeant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body, or of a deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands in preserving order and arresting offenders. See Sergeant, 1. -- Sergeant major. (a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above. (b) (Zoöl.) The cow p…

s which reënforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant.

In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed.

Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used, as in drilling recruits, for the purpose of giving an erect carriage, supple muscles, and an easy control of the limbs.

Rough; rugged; jaggy. Milton. [A rill] that winds unseen beneath the shaggy fell. Keble.

To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.

, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash.