Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shrill"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shrill \Shrill\, a. [Compar. {Shriller}; superl. {Shrillest}.]
[OE. shril, schril; akin to LG. schrell, G. schrill. See
{Shrill},v. i.]
Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing
tone or sound; -- said of 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shrill \Shrill\, n.
A shrill sound. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shrill \Shrill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shrilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shrilling}.] [OE. schrillen, akin to G. schrillen; cf. AS.
scralletan to resound loudly, Icel. skr["o]lta to jolt, Sw.
skr["a]lla to shrill, Norw. skryla, skr?la. Cf. {Skirl}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shrill \Shrill\, v. t.
To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a
shrill sound.
How poor Andromache shrills her dolors forth. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shrill
adj : high-pitched and sharp; "piercing screams"; "a shrill
whistle" [syn: {piercing}, {sharp}]
v : utter a shrill cry [syn: {shriek}, {screech}, {pipe up}, {pipe}]
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