Trilling

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Trilling
    n 1: United States literary critic (1905-1975) [syn: {Trilling},
         {Lionel Trilling}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Trill \Trill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Trilling}.] [It. trillare; probably of imitative origin.]
   To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a
   trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note.
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         The sober-suited songstress trills her lay. --Thomson.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Trilling \Tril"ling\, n. [Cf. G. drilling.]
   1. One of tree children born at the same birth. --Wright.
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   2. (Crystallog.) A compound crystal, consisting of three
      individuals.
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