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Shrill \Shrill\, a. [Compar. {Shriller}; superl. {Shrillest}.]
[OE. shril, schril; akin to LG. schrell, G. schrill. See
{Shrill},v. i.]
Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing
tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces
a sound.
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Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give
To sounds confused. --Shak.
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Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high. --Byron.
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Shrill \Shrill\, n.
A shrill sound. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Shrill \Shrill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shrilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shrilling}.] [OE. schrillen, akin to G. schrillen; cf. AS.
scralletan to resound loudly, Icel. skr["o]lta to jolt, Sw.
skr[aum]lla to shrill, Norw. skryla, skr?la. Cf. {Skirl}.]
To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp,
shrill tone; to become shrill.
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Break we our pipes, that shrilledloud as lark.
--Spenser.
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No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock.
--Goldsmith.
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His voice shrilled with passion. --L. Wallace.
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Shrill \Shrill\, v. t.
To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a
shrill sound.
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How poor Andromache shrills her dolors forth. --Shak.
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