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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Singing \Sing"ing\,
a. & n. from {Sing}, v.
[1913 Webster]
{Singing bird}. (Zool.)
(a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird.
(b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.
{Singing book}, a book containing music for singing; a book
of tunes.
{Singing falcon} or {Singing hawk}. (Zool.) See {Chanting
falcon}, under {Chanting}.
{Singing fish} (Zool.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys
porosissimus}), called also {midshipman}; -- so called
because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder.
{Singing flame} (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal
gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the
air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The
apparatus is called also {chemical harmonicon}.
{Singing master}, a man who teaches vocal music.
{Singing school}, a school in which persons are instructed in
singing.
[1913 Webster]