Trilling
['trɪlɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trill
(n.) One of tree children born at the same birth.
(n.) A compound crystal, consisting of three individuals.
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Definition
n. a compound threefold crystal: any one child of a triplet.
Typed by Judy
Examples
- Trilling it out like a kind of bird, with a pretty high note, that it may be audible to the old lady above the hum of the wheels. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She had reached her culmination: her voice rose trilling and bright over the storm of applause, and soared as high and joyful as her triumph. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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