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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1590
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S(c)hrilling, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. shrilling (1566).] Shrill-sounding, high-pitched; piercing. —c1590 Fowler I 82/148.
Shrilling shouts c1590 Ib. 310/3.
The schrilling cryes and cair