English
Verb
skirling
- present participle of|skirl
Noun
skirling
- A small trout or salmon.
- context|Northern England|and|Scotland A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.
#:*When the skirling of the pipes cleft the air his cold eyes softened. Mrs. J. H. Ewing.
References
R:1913
R:CancerWEB
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