trillingn.
/ˈtrɪlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtrɪlɪŋ/ One of a set of three:
a. One of three children born at the same birth; a triplet.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > triplets > a triplet
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1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Trilling, one of three children born at the same birth. For. Q. Rev.
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Wright).
b. Mineralogy. A crystal composed of three individuals.
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the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal types > [noun] > composite crystals > trilling
trin1868
tripling1895
trilling1896
1896 A. H. Chester Dict. Names Minerals Tridymite,..f. τρίδυμος, ‘triplet’, because often found in trillings.
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ˈtrilling
ˈtrilling n.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > twirling
trillingc1410
twirling1598
twirlification1834
c1410 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (1908) xviii. 112 As we mowe see alday many men and wommen berynge bedes with trillynge on the fyngres and waggynge the lippes, bot the siȝt caste to vanytees.
ˈtrilling
ˈtrilling n. and adj.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > rippling
trilling1567
rippling1769
ripple1857
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [noun] > action or process of flowing
trilling1567
coursing1569
afflux1603
curriclea1682
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [adjective] > running high, surging, or rolling
wallingOE
waveringc1425
surging1566
trilling1567
wambling1581
grown1600
surgeful1612
sourcinga1660
washing1697
flashing1744
under-rolling1745
jawing1802
rolly1885
1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Pyndara's Answer to Tymetes Epit., etc. 27 Not shed my trilling teares vpon thy moisted face?
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 22 Tears with trilling shal bayne my phisnomye deepelye.
a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd ii. ii. 28 in Wks. (1640) III Twa trilland brookes, each (from his spring) doth meet. View more context for this quotation
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia xx. 129 The droppings or trillings of Lapidescent waters in Vaults under ground.
1713 R. Steele Guardian No. 50. ⁋2 The trilling of rivulets.
ˈtrilling
ˈtrilling adj. and n.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > tremulous
trillinga1700
quavering1726
quaverous1852
wobbly1873
quavery1890
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > vibratory sound > [noun] > trill
trillinga1700
trill-trill1850
trillet1867
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > timbre or quality > with vibrato
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tremolando1854
a1700 J. Dryden (Todd) Am I call'd upon the grave debate, To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet?
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. x. 199 The sweet Trilling of a murmuring Stream. View more context for this quotation
1753 Scots Mag. 15 40/2 Ye angels, catch the trilling sound.
1854 J. S. Bushnan in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. (c1865) I. 292/2 Its song is composed of several strains, each consisting of trilling and warbling notes variously modulated.
1888 H. Sweet Hist. Eng. Sounds (new ed.) 25 We have, lastly, the trilling of open consonants [especially English and German r].
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