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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Shrill \Shrill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shrilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shrilling}.] [OE. schrillen, akin to G. schrillen; cf. AS.
scralletan to resound loudly, Icel. skr["o]lta to jolt, Sw.
skr[aum]lla to shrill, Norw. skryla, skr?la. Cf. {Skirl}.]
To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp,
shrill tone; to become shrill.
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Break we our pipes, that shrilledloud as lark.
--Spenser.
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No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock.
--Goldsmith.
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His voice shrilled with passion. --L. Wallace.
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