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skirling

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sk??l??/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?sk?l??/

Verb

skirling

  1. present participle of skirl

Noun

skirling (plural skirlings)

  1. (Britain, dialect) A small trout or salmon.
  2. (Northern England and Scotland) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.
    • 1885, Juliana Horatia Ewing, The Story of a Short Life
      When the skirling of the pipes cleft the air his cold eyes softened.

References

  • skirling in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • "skirling" in On-line Medical Dictionary, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1997–2005.

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skirting

English

Verb

skirting

  1. present participle of skirt

Noun

skirting (countable and uncountable, plural skirtings)

  1. Skirting boards collectively.
  2. skirts collectively; material for skirts
  3. The act of one who skirts around something, or avoids it.
    • 1982, Journal of the Society for Psychical Research
      […] superficial: many of their descriptions, together with their own candid and often amusing comments and reactions, are well worth noting and reflecting upon; their skirtings around the laws of defamation are a joy to read and a lesson to us all; […]

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