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Titling \Tit"ling\, n. [Icel. titlingr a tit sparrow. See {Tit}
a small bird.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) The hedge sparrow; -- called also {titlene}. Its nest
often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing
its own eggs.
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The titling, . . . being thus deceived, hatcheth
the egg, and bringeth up the chick of another
bird. --Holland.
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(b) The meadow pipit.
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2. Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.
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