skirlingn.1
local.
A young salmon; a samlet, sparling.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > salmo salar (salmon) > young
gilling1366
salmonet1576
springling1647
samlet1653
skegger1653
Samson1769
skirling1776
salmon sprint1790
summer cock1790
palmer trout1836
girling1861
springling1873
1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iv. 305 [Samlets] are also common in the Wye, where they are known by the name of Skirlings, or Lasprings.
1801 W. Coxe Hist. Tour Monmouthshire i. 2 The only fish not common in the English rivers, are the skerling and the sewin.
1844 Zoologist 2 527 (note) Scarling or scurling,..smolt, &c. all denote the same fish.
1891 Fishing Gaz. 14 Feb. 88/3 The Severn Board of Conservators have successfully prosecuted those found with these skirling in their possession.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
skirlingn.2
Shrill crying, shrieking, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > sound
shrill1591
shrilling1639
scriding?1690
skirling1820
whit1853
squeal1867
blat1904
whee1920
whine1928
blatting1935
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > shriek, screech, or scream
scritchinga1500
shrikea1500
scream1513
screamingc1540
scrivec1540
shriek1599
screeching1753
skirling1820
screech1821
screel1835
shriekery1865
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > scream or shriek
squealingc1325
skriking1340
shrikingc1374
shritchingc1374
skrikea1400
blaringc1440
shritch1470
scritchinga1500
shrikea1500
screak1513
skirl1513
wauling1533
wrawling1533
screamingc1540
scritch1548
skreighc1550
shright1558
screech1560
screaking1565
screeching1589
shriek1590
shrill1591
shirl1598
shrieking1602
screama1616
squalling1677
squall1709
squeal1747
skelloch1808
skreighing1816
skirling1820
sharming1823
shriekery1865
squee1938
1820 W. Scott Monastery III. v. 133 She could find voice enough to tell the women and children without, to ‘leave their skirling, and look after the..cows’.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 156 The skirling of the sea-gulls is said to be the forerunner of a gale.
1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona v. 53 It heartens me..like the skirling of the Highland pipes!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
skirlingadj.
Crying or sounding shrilly, screaming, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective] > making shrill sound
squealinga1400
shrill1508
pipinga1522
shrilling1566
shrill-bated1582
shirling1592
shrilledc1602
screaming1616
skirling1786
blatting1890
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective] > shriek, screech, or scream
scritching1577
shriekinga1586
skriking1632
skirling1786
screechy1834
shrieky1848
screecha1854
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [adjective] > scream or shriek
wrawling1533
shreaming1565
scritching1577
shriking1583
shriekinga1586
screeching1602
screaming1616
in a screek1681
squalling1712
skirling1786
shrieky1848
screecha1854
squally1862
1786 R. Burns Poems 26 When skirlin weanies see the light.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 92 Haud your tongue, ye skirling limmer!
1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose iii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 195 Their damnable skirlin' pipes.
1894 Field 1 Dec. 828/1 The skirling cry of the snipe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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