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Pronunciation : Shrill
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [OE. shril, schril; akin to LG. schrell, G. schrill. See Shrill,v. i.]
Definition : Defn: Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said a sound, or of that which produces a sound. Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give To sounds confused. Shak. Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high. Byron.

[Compar. Shriller; superl. Shrillest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Shrill
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A shrill sound. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Shrill
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. schrillen, akin to G. schrillen; cf. AS. scralletan to resound loudly, Icel. skr?lta to jolt, Sw. skr?lla to shrill, Norw. skryla, skr. Cf. Skirl.]
Definition : Defn: To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill. Break we our pipes, that shrilledloud as lark. Spenser. No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock. Goldsmith. His voice shrilled with passion. L. Wallace.

i. [imp. & p. p. Shrilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shrilling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Shrill
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound. How poor Andromache shrills her dolors forth. Shak.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913