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a. & n. from Whistle, v. Whistling buoy. (Naut.) See under Buoy. -- Whistling coot (Zoöl.), the American black scoter. -- Whistling Dick. (Zoöl.) (a) An Australian shrike thrush (Colluricincla Selbii). (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.] -- Whistling duck. (Zoöl.) (a) The golden-eye. (b) A tree duck. -- Whistling eagl…

In a whistling manner; shrilly.

the anchor buoy fall by the ship's side into the water, before letting go the anchor. -- Whistling buoy, a buoy fitted with a whistle that is blown by the action of the waves.

A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal. [Written also cooie.]

gash; to sever; to divide. You must cut this flesh from off his breast. Shak. Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way. Pope.

or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle. To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind. Shak. Thy grandsire loved thee well; Many a time he danced thee on his knee. Shak. To dance attendance, to come and go obsequiously; to be or remain in waiting, at the beck and call of another, with a view to pleas…

The European wild or whistling swan (Cygnus ferus).

A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind. Like a flurry of snow on the whistling wind. Longfellow.

he European (C. apricarius, or pluvialis; -- called also yellow, black-breasted hill, and whistling, plover. The common American species (C. dominicus) is also called frostbird, and bullhead. -- Golden robin. (Zoöl.) See Baltimore oriole, in Vocab. -- Golden rose (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by the pope…

The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); -- called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk.

To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds. Halliwell.

An adventitious whistling or snoring sound heard on auscultation of the chest when the air channels are partially obstructed. By some writers the term rhonchus is used as equivalent to râle in its widest sense. See Râle.

pit. (Zoöl.) See the Note under Pipit. -- Rock plover. (Zoöl.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.

The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation. [Obs.] A. Brewer.

A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; -- called also tinnitus aurium.

t sure; liable to fall or err; fallible. Soon bent his bow, uncertain in his aim. Dryden. Whistling slings dismissed the uncertain stone. Gay.

To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. "Wheezing lungs." Shak.

To form, utter, or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or an air.

One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound.

e an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound. [Written also whizz.] It flew, and whizzing, cut the liquid way. Dryden.